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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

705 PM EDT THU APR 4 2002



...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS AFFECTING EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSLYVANIA...



THE RAINS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY IS CAUSING FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOME OF THE CREEKS ARE RISING ABOVE ITS BANKS. 

OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TONIGHT.



THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND HIGH 

WATER IN DITCHES. SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO SEE RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS.



RESIDENTS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR NEAR STREAMS NEED TO REMAIN 

ALERT TO WATER LEVELS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.



ALSO MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THE WATER 

MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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