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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

832 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR BLAIR

COUNTY...



AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALTOONA. 

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN AND AROUND THE BELLWOOD AREA. AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

BEEN ESTIMATED JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF ALTOONA AND 

HOLLIDAYSBURG.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH 10 

PM...HOWEVER RUNOFF IN THE URBAN AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THE 

THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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 4064 7842 4033 7861 4038 7821 4058 7820

          4068 7824 4068 7830



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