Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 21, 2006, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 21, 2006, 4:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tioga County, PA

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000 
WGUS51 KCTP 210443
FFWCTP
PAC117-210845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1242 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 1236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 
  SITTING NEARLY STATIONARY OVER NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY...RIGHT ALONG 
  THE NEW YORK BORDER.  THE MOST DANGEROUS AREAS WILL BE THE SMALLER 
  CREEKS AND STREAMS ALONG THE COWANESQUE RIVER AND ROUTE 49.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELKLAND...
  KEENEYVILLE...MILLERTON...TIOGA JUNCTION AND WESTFIELD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM.

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

LAT...LON 4201 7765 4182 7763 4183 7690 4201 7692

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 210605
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
201 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

PAC117-210845-
TIOGA PA-
201 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR TIOGA
COUNTY...

AT 156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT A 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST OUT OF 
NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY. SOME FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN 
ELKLAND AND NEARBY AREAS. 

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.  

WHILE THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN IS OVER...FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE 
AS THE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER MAKES IT INTO THE STREAMS AND 
CREEKS...ESPECIALLY PLACES ALONG THE COWANESQUE RIVER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
ELKLAND...KEENEYVILLE...MILLERTON...TIOGA JUNCTION AND WESTFIELD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 4201 7765 4182 7763 4183 7690 4201 7692

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

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