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WGUS71 KPBZ 211135

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PAC085-211230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

735 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003





THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUES 

UNTIL 8:30 AM.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH CONTINUES TO EXPECT FLOODING 

ACROSS MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, PARTICULARLY THE NORTHERN HALF 

OF THE COUNTY. RADAR SHOWS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

WILL BE MOVING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 8:30 AM. 



UP TIL 7:30 AM, SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE NORTHERN BORDER OF MERCER 

COUNTY HAVE GOTTEN NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THE NEW STORMS CAN ADD 

ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN, AND THAT CAN CAUSE FLOODING TO BEGIN ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 



LOCATIONS THAT CAN BE AFFECTED CAN BE BY FLOODING INCLUDE SUGAR RUN 

AND SANDY CREEK AREAS, AND THE TOWNS OF JAMESTOWN, KENNARD, 

MILLEDGEVILE, GREENVILLE AND STONEBORO.



WHEN FLOOD WATERS THREATEN, GO TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT GO THROUGH 

FLOOD WATERS TO GET THERE. 



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