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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1148 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

  POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT...



* AT 1148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

  AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER CAMERON...NORTHERN ELK AND POTTER COUNTIES.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

  HOUR WERE OCCURRING FROM THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS      

  REPORTS OF FLOODED AND CLOSED ROADS...AND URBAN FLOODING HAVE

  OCCURRED ACROSS MCKEAN COUNTY FROM THESE STORMS. EXPECT ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS

  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTS SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.      



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BENEZETTE...BRANDY CAMP...CAMERON...CHERRY SPRINGS STATE PARK...

  COUDERSPORT...CROSS FORK...DENTON HILL STATE PARK...EAST BRANCH

  DAM...ELK RIVER...EMPORIUM...FORCE...GALETON...HICKS RUN...JAMES

  CITY...JOHNSONBURG...KEATING SUMMIT...LYMAN RUN STATE PARK...MEDIX

  RUN...OLE BULL STATE PARK...PORTLAND MILLS...RIDGWAY...ROULETTE...

  SIZERVILLE...ST. MARYS...STEVENSON DAM...TRUMAN...WHARTON AND

  WILCOX.



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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4191 7764 4188 7820 4164 7825 4163 7963

      4163 7897 4137 7894 4125 7866 4124 7808

      4147 7798 4149 7761



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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