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WGUS71 KCTP 010112

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PAC081-113-010230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

910 PM EDT SAT JUL 31 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SULLIVAN AND LYCOMING COUNTIES

UNTIL 1045 PM EDT...



AT 9 PM...MOST OF THE STEADY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION.

HOWEVER...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN SULLIVAN AND EASTERN

LYCOMING COUNTIES. SEVERAL ROADS REMAINED CLOSED...INCLUDING PORTIONS

OF ROUTE 220. ROUTE 220 FROM THE SULLIVAN COUNTY LINE TO HUGHESVILLE 

REMAINS CLOSED. 



AS THE WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM ON THE MUNCY CREEK...TOWARDS THE 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER...THERE IS CONCERN THAT FLOOD WATERS MAY SPILL

ONTO ROUTE 405.



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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