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WGUS71 KCTP 180339

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PAC021-180500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1130 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CAMBRIA COUNTY HAS

EXPIRED...



AT 1128 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ENTERING 

NORTHERN CAMBRIA COUNTY NEAR BARNESBORO. A LARGER CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... 

EXTENDING FROM PITTSBURGH NORTHWARD TO KENNERDELL. RADAR TRENDS OVER 

THE PAST HOUR INDICATE THE STORMS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...AND ARE NO 

LONGER REPEATEDLY TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS. IN ADDITION... 

CAMBRIA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NO FLOODING PROBLEMS 

FROM RAINFALL THIS EVENING.



WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS 

STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CAMBRIA COUNTY THROUGH 200 AM AS THE 

CLUSTER OF WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA..  LOCAL 

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED...SO OVERNIGHT 

TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL 

RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES ON HIGHWAYS AND PROMOTE HYDROPLANING.



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. 



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