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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

435 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



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SOMERSET PA-

435 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY...



AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 

RAIN...CONCENTRATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF BERLIN...AND NEAR 

SHANKSVILLE. OTHER VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS NEAR 

CENTRAL CITY AND INDIAN LAKE.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BERLIN...CENTRAL CITY...OGLETOWN...SHANKSVILLE AND INDIAN LAKE.



RAINFALL TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY LATE TODAY ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 4017 7869 4001 7878 3985 7896 3993 7909

      4013 7885 4024 7867



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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