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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

112 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES FOR BLAIR COUNTY...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR BLAIR COUNTY 

THROUGH 100 AM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  RAIN DISSIPATED OVER THE 

WARNING AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND BLAIR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTS THAT THE WATER HAS RECEDED.



EARLIER IN THE EVENING AT THE CROSSKEYS VILLAGE TRAILER COURT...A 

WOMAN WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE RISING WATER AND LATER RESCUED BY 

EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. UP TO 40 MOBILE HOMES IN THE COURT WERE 

UNDERMINED BY THE RUSHING WATER...BUT THE WATER LEVEL WAS NOT HIGH 

ENOUGH TO AFFECT ANY LIVING QUARTERS. MANY BASEMENTS ARE REPORTED TO 

BE FLOODED IN THE DUNCANSVILLE AREA...BUT NO LIVING QUARTERS WERE 

AFFECTED THERE EITHER.



LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...BUT ANOTHER 

ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON MEMORIAL DAY.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED CONCERNING THE FLASH FLOODING 

IN BLAIR COUNTY.



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