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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1059 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT...



* AT 1053 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUBOIS TO 7 MILES SOUTH 

  OF DUBOIS...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.



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

  TREASURE LAKE AND PENN STATE DUBOIS.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS FALLING FROM TROUTVILLE TO SYKESVILLE AND IS 

SLOWLY TRACKING NORTHWARD. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL RATES WILL REACH 

DUBOIS BY 1130 AM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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...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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE

COLLEGE THROUGH TWITTER OR FACEBOOK.



&&



LAT...LON 4116 7880 4121 7876 4121 7869 4122 7865

      4125 7864 4111 7866 4100 7873 4095 7880

      4113 7881



$$



FORECASTER: DEVOIR











