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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

557 AM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BLAIR COUNTY...

  SOUTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...

  CAMBRIA COUNTY...



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...



* AT 550 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM SEVERAL AREAS OF TRAINING 

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BLAIR...CAMBRIA AND SOUTHERN CLEARFIELD

  COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS WILL    

  WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL       

  BRING RAINFALL TOTALS THIS MORNING UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES.  



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

  HOLLIDAYSBURG...TYRONE...CLEARFIELD...EBENSBURG...NANTY-GLO AND

  PORTAGE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN NEVER TRY

TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE

RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



&&



LAT...LON 4072 7882 4105 7881 4100 7808 4095 7815

      4096 7818 4095 7816 4085 7827 4085 7830

      4081 7831 4076 7839 4074 7837 4073 7816

      4066 7822 4063 7817 4055 7819 4049 7813

      4034 7822 4040 7896



$$



FORECASTER: LAMBERT/STEINBUGL

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