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WGUS71 KCTP 132123

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PAC107-132245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

520 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...



AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR POTTSVILLE.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE STORM MAY HAVE PRODUCED UPWARDS OF

5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN SPOTS SINCE MID AFTERNOON EAST OF 

POTTSVILLE.



THE STORM IS WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE WEST AND SOUTH DURING

THE NEXT HOUR...AND WILL BE NEAR PINE GROVE BY 630 PM. 



WHILE THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...FLASH FLOODING

WILL CONTINUE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.



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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LAT...LON 4066 7638 4059 7621 4069 7617 4077 7622



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