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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

840 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...



* AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. ADDITIONAL         

  RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM EDT WHICH WILL

  LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO  

  MINERSVILLE...POTTSVILLE...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...ST. CLAIR...

  TAMAQUA...MCADOO AND TUSCARORA .



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.



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.



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 4056 7615 4066 7639 4089 7599 4074 7577

TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 236DEG 0KT 4072 7629 4064 7617

          4041 7602



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT/MARTIN

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