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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1239 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT...



* AT 1236 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING OF STREETS IN BRADFORD AND SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT

  MCKEAN COUNTY...INCLUDING ROUTES 2 19 AND 7 70. 



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

  KANE AND WARREN.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES...AND STORM SPOTTER REPORTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES 

HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES SINCE 

TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN 

WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

DUMPING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



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 4162 7820 4164 7893 4163 7962 4200 7962

      4198 7877 4197 7824



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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