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WGUS71 KCTP 290113

FFSCTP

PAC009-290500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

905 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BEDFORD COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM

EDT...



AT 901 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN THE 

VICINITY OF EVERETT. SEVERAL BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET HAVE BEEN 

REPORTEDLY INUNDATED WITH WATER. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATER.



ALSO...THE RAYSTOWN BRANCH OF THE JUNIATA RIVER NEAR EVERETT HAS 

EXCEEDED BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THIS 

AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...EXPECT PERIODS 

OF MODERATE RAIN TO PERSIST THROUGH 10 PM.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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