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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
339 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY...
  MONTOUR COUNTY...
  WESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...
  EASTERN SNYDER COUNTY...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY...
  EASTERN TIOGA COUNTY...
  EASTERN UNION COUNTY...
  NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY...
  EASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...

* AT 325 PM EDT...RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF VERY   
  HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRAIN 
  NORTH ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND ADJACENT NORTH CENTRAL... 
  AND EAST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS   
  ROADS ARE CLOSED...AND MANY WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS ARE  
  TAKING PLACE. 

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH...TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL
  CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING NEAR...AND TO THE EAST OF A
  LINE FROM MANSFIELD...TO MUNCY...SHAMOKIN AND PINE GROVE. LESSER   
  RAINFALL RATES  OF ONE QUARTER...TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WILL   
  PERSIST FURTHER TO THE WEST.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DANVILLE...
  SELINSGROVE...ASHLAND...MANSFIELD...KULPMONT...MILTON...MOUNT
  CARMEL...NORTHUMBERLAND...SHAMOKIN...SUNBURY...BERWICK...
  BLOOMSBURG...LEWISBURG...MONTOURSVILLE AND WILLIAMSPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLASH 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. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT 
TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 
AWAY. TURN AROUND...DON'T 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 4199 7692 4160 7687 4154 7621 4121 7632
      4114 7627 4114 7622 4101 7622 4049 7641
      4066 7669 4057 7697 4064 7694 4064 7698
      4201 7725

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT