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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

333 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 830 PM EDT...



* AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF        

  SOMERSET COUNTY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AS      

  STORMS MOVE EAST...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR   

  EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING   

  OF STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  I



* LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOMERSET AND WINDBER.



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



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 3997 7936 4029 7902 4027 7890 4025 7889

      4024 7885 4022 7866 4010 7872 4007 7876

      3993 7875 3973 7882 3973 7938

TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 180DEG 0KT 4009 7898



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