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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

558 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005



PAC117-312330-

TIOGA-

558 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR TIOGA

COUNTY...



AS OF 556 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED 

SOUTH OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. STORM TOTAL DOPPLER RADAR 

PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES WERE INDICATED OVER THE 

HIGHER ELEVATIONS BETWEEN MANSFIELD...KEENEYVILLE AND TIOGA. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS MOSTLY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA... 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

AFFECT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS...IN PARTICULAR LAMBS CREEK...MANNS CREEK AND BENTLEY CREEK. 

THE RUNOFF MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 

PM.



REMEMBER...IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS WHICH CAN BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AFTER HEAVY RAINFALL. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE 

ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 

VEHICLES AWAY.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.



LAT...LON 4193 7711 4185 7703 4181 7707 4180 7721

      4187 7734 4193 7730



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