

000 

WGUS71 KCTP 220348

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



PAC105-220600-

POTTER PA-

1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

POTTER COUNTY...



AT 1139 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

IN AUSTIN TOWNSHIP IN SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY. PART OF ROUTE 872 WAS 

WASHED AWAY AND TREES WERE DOWN ON THE ROAD DUE TO FLOODING AND 

EROSION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

AUSTIN...COSTELLO...CHERRY SPRINGS STATE PARK...COUDERSPORT...CROSS 

FORK...DENTON HILL STATE PARK...GALETON...KEATING SUMMIT...LYMAN RUN 

STATE PARK...OLE BULL STATE PARK...ROULETTE AND WHARTON.



THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE RAPIDLY RISING 

WATER INCLUDE THE FIRST FORK OF THE SINNEMAHONING CREEK...FREEMAN 

RUN...AND SOUTH WOODS BRANCH. 



WHILE THE RAIN HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF...THE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

A SHORT TIME WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO TOTALLY RECEDE. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A HALF OF AN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4161 7822 4147 7805 4147 7760 4176 7761

      4185 7820



$$



FORECASTER: DANGELO



000 

WGUS71 KCTP 220348

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



PAC105-220600-

POTTER PA-

1143 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

POTTER COUNTY...



AT 1139 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

IN AUSTIN TOWNSHIP IN SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTY. PART OF ROUTE 872 WAS 

WASHED AWAY AND TREES WERE DOWN ON THE ROAD DUE TO FLOODING AND 

EROSION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

AUSTIN...COSTELLO...CHERRY SPRINGS STATE PARK...COUDERSPORT...CROSS 

FORK...DENTON HILL STATE PARK...GALETON...KEATING SUMMIT...LYMAN RUN 

STATE PARK...OLE BULL STATE PARK...ROULETTE AND WHARTON.



THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE RAPIDLY RISING 

WATER INCLUDE THE FIRST FORK OF THE SINNEMAHONING CREEK...FREEMAN 

RUN...AND SOUTH WOODS BRANCH. 



WHILE THE RAIN HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF...THE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

A SHORT TIME WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO TOTALLY RECEDE. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN A HALF OF AN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4161 7822 4147 7805 4147 7760 4176 7761

      4185 7820



$$



FORECASTER: DANGELO

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