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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1140 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2001





A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...



  CLARION         FOREST          INDIANA         JEFFERSON

  MERCER          VENANGO





DURING THIS PAST EVENING...THE HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN 

CENTERED NEAR CLARION COUNTY. HOWEVER...STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS ALL THESE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. IN THOSE AREAS WHERE RAIN 

AMOUNTS GO OVER 2 INCHES...SOME PONDING OF WATER CAN OCCUR WHERE 

DRAINAGE IS POOR...AND ALONG LOW LYING AREAS OF RISING SMALL 

STREAMS. 



WHEN TRAVELING...AVOID PONDED WATER. THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE 

GREATER THAN YOU THINK. ALSO...IT IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO JUDGE 

WATER DEPTHS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT...AND WHEN THERE IS FOG. 



   

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