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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

435 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM

EDT...



AT 430 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT 

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN WARREN COUNTY HAS 

TAPERED OFF TO ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS.  ACCORDING TO RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES...UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN 

EDGE OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RECENTLY REPORTED THAT THEY KNEW OF 

NO CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.  



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THE 

HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IS FILLING AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS AND CAUSING 

THEM TO GO OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



IN A FLASH FLOOD...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.



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