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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

650 AM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLEARFIELD COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM

EDT...



AT 642 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING KYLERTOWN TO GLEN 

HOPE WAS PRODUCING MAJOR FLOODING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND IN MAHAFFEY.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL BE PUSHING TO THE 

SOUTHEAST AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH 730 

AM...BUT LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN AND 

AROUND MAHAFFEY. EVEN AFTER THE RAINS DIMINISH...FLOODING MAY WORSEN 

AS THE WATER FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS RUNS INTO THE STREAMS 

AND RIVERS. 



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. MANY ROAD CLOSURES ARE ALREADY 

IN EFFECT IN SOUTHWESTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY. 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



LAT...LON 4108 7808 4121 7881 4073 7882 4073 7838



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