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WGUS71 KCTP 190141

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

931 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2004





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOMERSET COUNTY 

UNTIL 11 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOMERSET COUNTY RECEIVED THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS EVENING. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRED WITHIN A 90 MINUTE PERIOD 

FROM 630 PM TO 8 PM SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF CASSELMAN AND EAST OF 

CONFLUENCE...NEAR MARKLETON AND PINKERTON STATION JUST TO THE EAST 

OF ROUTE 2 81.  



AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SMALL AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN 

PARTS OF SOMERSET COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE 

ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS. 



EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS IN THE 

AREA STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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