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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

901 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOMERSET COUNTY...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT...



* AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOMERSET

  COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

  SOMERSET COUNTY LATE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE AREA TO 

  THE WEST OF ROUTE 219.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  SOMERSET...JEROME...BOSWELL...STOYSTOWN...SEVEN SPRINGS...INDIAN

  LAKE...CENTRAL CITY...CONFLUENCE...AND WINDBER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3976 7940 3978 7940 3982 7937 3985 7942

      3987 7942 4007 7928 4010 7925 4012 7919

      4029 7906 4028 7892 4024 7889 4023 7866

      4008 7873 4005 7877 4000 7876 3988 7881



$$



FORECASTER: LAMBERT/DANGELO

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