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WGUS71 KCTP 210357

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PAC119-210545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1155 PM EDT FRI AUG 20 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM

EDT...



AT 1149 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MANY 

ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM OVERFLOWING STREAMS 

ACROSS THE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT 

AND 2 AM...AND PRODUCE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN.  HOWEVER...THIS WILL SLOW 

THE RECESSION OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING PUSHED THE 

CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND THERE ARE STILL MANY 

ROAD CLOSURES IN EFFECT.  PLEASE...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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