

000 

WGUS51 KCTP 310031

FFWCTP

PAC111-310330-

/X.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0004.070831T0026Z-070831T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

826 PM EDT THU AUG 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...



* AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET

  COUNTY.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS

  OF NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. AREAS AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

INCLUDE INDIAN LAKE...STONEY CREEK RIVER NEAR ROUTE 30...MILLER RUN 

AND DARK SHADE CREEK ALONG AND CLOSE TO ROUTE 160.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 4025 7904 4021 7870 3996 7880 3996 7903

TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 180DEG 0KT 4005 7891



$$



FORECASTER: TYBURSKI

