Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
613 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCKEAN COUNTY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

* AT 605 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF BRADFORD DUE TO A NUMBER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND BRADFORD CITY AND NEAR PORT ALLEGANY BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM...AND THE WATER HAS BEGUN TO REACH THE VALLEY LOCATIONS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRADFORD... CORYVILLE...CYCLONE...KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK... PORT ALLEGANY...SMETHPORT AND WESTLINE.

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM. BUT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. THUS...THE FLOODING SHOULD THEN START TO ABATE.

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. HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES. TURN AROUND DON`T DROWN!

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

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