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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

742 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR BLAIR 

COUNTY...



AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES

SOUTHWEST OF TYRONE...OR ABOUT OVER BELLWOOD.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE

NEARLY STATIONARY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY 

THROUGH 830 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. THIS WILL CREATE THE THREAT FOR FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE PAVEMENT CAUSES RAPID 

RUNOFF OF THE HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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LAT...LON 4072 7837 4046 7855 4052 7822 4058 7820

          4068 7824 4075 7816



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