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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1201 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  CAMBRIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 600 PM EDT



* AT 1151 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO 

  THE REGION. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR 

  THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID FLOODING OF 

  STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELMONT...

  BRADFORD...CLEARFIELD...DUBOIS...EBENSBURG...ELIM...JOHNSONBURG...

  JOHNSTOWN...KANE...NANTY-GLO...PORTAGE...RIDGWAY...SOMERSET...ST.

  MARYS...WESTMONT AND WINDBER.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER 

OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN 

QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 3971 7937 3975 7883 4137 7821 4140 7838

      4160 7841 4161 7816 4199 7820 4195 7896

      4146 7903 4131 7870



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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