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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

740 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 740 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SERIES OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM    

  THAT HAVE MOVED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF SOMERSET          

  COUNTY...OR THE REGION ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET. VERY HEAVY 

  RAIN OF AROUND 3.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 AM IN SANDY RUN 

  BASIN...AND HARBAUGH RUN BASIN ALONG ROUTE 6 53. 

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS

  OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY...NEAR AND JUST TO THE 

  SOUTH OF LAUREL RIDGE STATE PARK...AND ABOUT 5 TO 8 MILES TO THE   

  WEST OF CASSELMAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS 

THIS AREA.



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. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID FAST FLOWING STREAMS OR CREEKS.



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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3998 7935 3991 7940 3984 7941 3986 7931

      3994 7925



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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