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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

528 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT...



* AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY

  THUNDERSTORM OVER TAMAQUA IN EAST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COALDALE

  AND TAMAQUA.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

NEAR...AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF TAMAQUA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SO FAR 

HAS OCCURRED IN THE WASH CREEK BASIN SOUTH OF TAMAQUA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THIS SAME AREA EARLY 

THIS EVENING.



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. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. 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 4073 7590 4076 7580 4084 7592 4081 7600

      4075 7596



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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