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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

215 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

  CAMBRIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 815 PM EDT...



* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST 

  OVER BLAIR AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES  

  PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 330 PM EDT AND WILL LEAD TO FLASH 

  FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.   



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

  EBENSBURG...HOLLIDAYSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...NANTY-GLO...PORTAGE...

  TYRONE AND WESTMONT.



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



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 7881 4072 7879 4072 7821 4066 7822

      4063 7819 4044 7816 4028 7828 4031 7860

      4032 7861 4030 7902

TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 180DEG 0KT 4054 7890 4037 7818



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI/STEINBUGL

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