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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

435 AM EDT MON APR 16 2001





...HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR HIGH WATER 

PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA...



RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL 

MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING... BUT NOT BEFORE WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 

2 INCHES.  THESE RAINS HAVE NOT BEEN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING 

OF STREAMS AND CREEKS...BUT RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT SOME MINOR PROBLEMS 

EARLY THIS MORNING...INCLUDING PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS.



THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS LATER THIS MORNING. 

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT THE RAIN WILL NOT 

BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



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