

248 

WGUS51 KCTP 211724

FFWCTP

PAC047-212030-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

124 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE RIDGWAY AREA...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



* UNTIL 430 PM EDT



* AT 122 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

  ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF ELK COUNTY WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED AND 

  NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATION IN PROGRESS.



  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE RIDGWAY AREA IN ELK 

COUNTY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...JOHNSONBURG...WILCOX...BENEZETTE...BRANDY

  CAMP...EAST BRANCH DAM...MEDIX RUN...KERSEY AND WEEDVILLE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE

THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE

FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



&&



LAT...LON 4157 7853 4147 7841 4141 7842 4140 7834

      4130 7823 4123 7823 4129 7873 4154 7896

      4157 7887 4158 7874



$$



CR/PJ

