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WGUS71 KCTP 270238

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PAC037-081-270830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1037 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLUMBIA AND LYCOMING COUNTIES

UNTIL 300 AM EDT...



AT 1031 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND SKYWARN 

SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE EAST AND 

SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEGUN.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD CAUSED A MUDSLIDE ALONG ROUTE 442 IN SOUTHERN 

LYCOMING COUNTY. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE 3 FEET OF WATER FLOWING 

ACROSS FOGELMAN ROAD BETWEEN MUNCY AND CLARKSTOWN.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...THE WATER IS RUNNING OFF INTO THE 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA. THESE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 

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.



AGAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 3 AM EDT FOR 

LYCOMING AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.



LAT...LON 4128 7737 4110 7716 4112 7627 4135 7636



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