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WGUS71 KPBZ 091345

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

938 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



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INDIANA PA-

938 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR

INDIANA COUNTY...



AT 934 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 2.0 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

CHERRY RUN...AULTMANS RUN...AND YELLOW CREEK. RESIDENTS IN THESE 

AREAS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY ALERT TO FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES 

TO SPREAD INTO OTHER PORTIONS OF INDIANA COUNTY AND FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



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 4067 7882 4040 7899 4042 7904 4039 7906

      4037 7912 4047 7934 4044 7939 4049 7945

      4056 7943 4078 7923 4091 7922 4091 7881

      4090 7880

TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 180DEG 0KT 4056 7926



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