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WGUS71 KCTP 162233

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PAC021-170015-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

631 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMBRIA COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM

EDT...



AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL JUST TO THE 

NORTH AND EAST OF THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 

MPH. 



THE RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF TO A LIGHTER INTENSITY OVER THE CITY OF 

JOHNSTOWN ITSELF. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY 

PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE JOHNSTOWN METRO AREA...AND HAVE 

MOVED TO THE NORTH AND EAST.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. MANY ROADS 

HAD BEEN CLOSED IN THE JOHNSTOWN METRO AREA DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE WATER HAS BEGUN 

TO RECEDE A BIT IN THE PLACES THAT WERE HIT THE HARDEST.  



HOWEVER...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS OUTSIDE OF JOHNSTOWN...ESPECIALLY 

TO THE NORTH AND EAST...INCLUDING PLACES NEAR EBENSBURG...SOUTH FORK 

AND DUNLO...COULD STILL 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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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