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PAC061-191315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

850 AM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR HUNTINGDON COUNTY 

WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 AM EDT...



THE JUNIATA RIVER AT HUNTINGDON HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE...AND 

WILL CONTINUE TO FALL STEADILY. THE SMITHFIELD LEVEE...WHICH WAS IN 

DANGER OF FAILING...DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN AS MUCH DANGER OF 

FAILING ANYMORE...AS THE RIVER FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. 



A FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL NOON 

LOCAL TIME...AS A FEW ROADS REMAIN UNDER WATER AND CLOSED...BUT 

THESE WATER LEVELS ARE RECEDING AS WELL.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND

FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR

STREAMS.



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DANGELO

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