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WGUS71 KCTP 030531

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PAC009-030715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

130 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM FOR BEDFORD COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...



AT 120 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE WORST STORMS HAVE MOVED NORTH OF

BEDFORD COUNTY AND HAD WEAKENED. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 

WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR ANOTHER HOUR.



RADAR AND SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.



AS OF 115 AM...SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED. FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

ALONG PORTIONS OF ROUTE 26...WITH A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD IN

SPOTS. ROUTE 31 WAS NEARLY IMPASSABLE NEAR MANNS CHOICE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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LAT...LON 4015 7868 4003 7851 4012 7830 4015 7865



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