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WGUS71 KCTP 290220

FFSCTP

PAC009-290615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1016 PM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004





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

EDT...



SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY THROUGH 

MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...PARTICULARLY NEAR OSTERBURG AND SAINT CLAIRSVILLE...AND 

NEAR BEDFORD. THIS WILL INCLUDE AREAS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE 

BETWEEN BEDFORD AND EVERETT...AND INTERSTATE 99.



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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