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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

627 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM

EDT...



AT 622 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROAD CLOSURES AND MUDSLIDES IN WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN THE VICINITY 

OF BLAIN. ROUTE 17 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER...AND WATER WAS ALSO 

COVERING ROUTE 233. IN ADDITION...A MUDSLIDE HAD CLOSED A PORTION OF 

ROUTE 74. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO AN EARLIER REPORT OF A MUDSLIDE ON 

ROUTE 274 3 MILES EAST OF BLAIN.  



AT 625 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL FROM BLAIN TO BIG 

SPRING STATE PARK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 800 PM SHOULD TOTAL A 

HALF INCH OR LESS.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS 

AND EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS...SO DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER 

THE ROAD. 



OBEY ALL MARKED ROAD CLOSURES AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN DRIVERS ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 



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