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WGUS71 KCTP 190035

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PAC033-190130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

827 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLEARFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 930 

PM EDT...



AT 827 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CLEARFIELD 

COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN OF OVER AN INCH AN ONE HALF OVER THE PAST FEW 

HOURS HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND THE CLOSURE OF NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF DUBOIS.



ADDITONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF 

CLEARFIELD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



LAT...LON 4120 7805 4127 7852 4121 7877 4096 7878

          4097 7815



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