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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

715 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2007



PAC085-280200-

MERCER PA-

715 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR

MERCER COUNTY...



AT 713 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED PRODUCING FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH SMALL STREAMS OUT OF BANK.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERRYS

CORNERS...PARDOE...ONIONTOWN...NORTH MILLS...NEW HAMBURG...NESBIT

CORNERS...MILLBROOK...KREMIS...KASHNER...JACKSON CENTER...

IRISHTOWN...FAIRVIEW...CENTERTOWN...BROAD ACRES AND BOWIE.



THIS INCLUDES THE BASINS OF COOL SPRING...KENTS RUN...LAWANGO 

RUN...OTTER CREEK...MILL CREEK...YELLOW CREEK...AND SANDY CREEK.  



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER 

THESE AREAS THROUGH 8 PM.   



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4138 8033 4124 8040 4113 8009 4123 8000



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