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WGUS71 KCTP 092023

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PAC117-092215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

416 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TIOGA COUNTY UNTIL

645 PM EDT...



AT 415 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SLOW MOVING SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM ABOUT THE TOWN OF 

TIOGA WEST THROUGH WESTFIELD. EARLIER REPORTS INDICATED THAT MORE 

THAN 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES FROM SOME OF 

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED PORTIONS OF SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE 

TO FLOODING. CATLIN HOLLOW ROAD HAD SECTIONS CLOSED BETWEEN 

MIDDLEBURY AND WELLSBORO. DEAN HILL ROAD HAD PORTIONS CLOSED IN THE 

VICINITY OF WELLSBORO AND LOWER HILLS CREEK ROAD JUST EAST OF 

WELLSBORO WAS ALSO CLOSED.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONLY SLOWLY MOVE NORTH AND TAPER OFF 

BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE 

AREA THROUGH 645 PM.



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.



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