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WGUS71 KCTP 130133

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PAC047-130300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

927 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ELK COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM

EDT...



AT 925 PM EDT... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WAS EXITING THE SOUTHERN PART OF ELK COUNTY.  ELK COUNTY 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS EITHER CLOSED OR UNDER WATER 

AND BASEMENTS FLOODED.  



DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON 

FROM THIS EVENINGS DOWNPOURS OVER ELK COUNTY. RADAR STORM TOTAL 

ESTIMATES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN EARLY MONDAY MORNING HAVE EXCEEDED 

6 INCHES TO THE NORTHWEST OF JOHNSONBURG.



ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THE 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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