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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

419 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001





A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN PENNSYLVANIA...



  CLARION         FOREST          INDIANA         JEFFERSON

  MERCER          VENANGO



ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WATCH 

AREA...THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND CONTINUED RUNOFF THIS 

MORNING COULD CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. PONDING OF 

WATER CAN OCCUR WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR...AND IN 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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