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WGUS71 KCTP 110200

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PAC083-110800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

954 PM EDT TUE AUG 10 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCKEAN COUNTY UNTIL 3 AM

EDT...



AT 949 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

NEW CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...MOVING OUT OF EASTERN WARREN COUNTY INTO WESTERN MCKEAN 

COUNTY. 



THE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE 

WARNING AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR LUDLOW...MARSHBURG 

AND LEWIS RUN.



EARLIER THIS EVENING...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

STREET FLOODING IN DEREK CITY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 

2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF THE AREA FROM 

MARSHBURG TO LEWIS RUN.



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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