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WGUS71 KCTP 191327

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PAC093-191400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

928 AM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004





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

WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 AM...



THE LEVEE AT DANVILLE IS LEAKING A BIT...BUT THERE IS NO MAJOR AREA 

OF INUNDATION. SANDBAGGING EFFORTS CONTINUE AND EVACUATIONS OF THE 

AREA THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED IF THE LEVEE BROKE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONTOUR COUNTY WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT DANVILLE IS AT 25 FEET AT 9 AM...AND SHOULD 

RISE ANOTHER FOOT TO REACH A CREST AROUND 26 FEET EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON IN DANVILLE. 



A FLOOD WARNING DOES CONTINUE UNTIL NOON EDT FOR MONTOUR COUNTY AND 

ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES...AS MANY ROADS ACROSS THE REGION 

REMAIN UNDER WATER AND CLOSED...BUT THESE WATER LEVELS ARE STARTING 

TO RECEDE 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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