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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

553 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001





AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING 

FROM SOUTHERN BLAIR COUNTY NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN CENTRE COUNTY. 

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT 

PERIOD OF TIME...AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND 

FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOST SUSCEPTIBLE WILL BE THOSE 

AREAS OF BLAIR AND CENTRE COUNTIES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 



IF FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IS EXPECTED OR REPORTED...A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.  



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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LAT...LON 4088 7819 4035 7860 4033 7833 4057 7826

          4069 7807 4079 7765 4087 7744 4111 7772

          4119 7796



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