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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

644 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM

EDT...



AT 637 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING...ROAD CLOSURES AND 

EVACUATIONS AROUND THE TOWN OF SUGAR GROVE IN NORTHERN WARREN 

COUNTY. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 

ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS MORNING.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH...TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS WILL CONTINUE...AND POSSIBLY 

INCREASE THE EXTENT OF FLOODING FROM NEAR BEAR LAKE...EAST THROUGH 

SUGAR GROVE...TO RUSSELL AND GERMANY.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT 

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4201 7962 4192 7958 4185 7897 4200 7898



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