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WGUS71 KCTP 202143

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

536 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007



PAC013-021-210015-

BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-

536 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR

CAMBRIA AND BLAIR COUNTIES...



AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER SHOWED HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS 

INDICATED OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING TO THE EAST. THIS NEW 

AREA OF RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. 



RAIN GAGES REPORT THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY  

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF BLAIR AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES THIS 

AFTERNOON...RAISING STREAM LEVELS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...AND 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ALTOONA...EBENSBURG...HOLLIDAYSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...NANTY-GLO...PORTAGE

...TYRONE AND WESTMONT.



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.



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 4073 7881 4072 7879 4072 7821 4066 7822

      4063 7819 4044 7816 4028 7828 4031 7860

      4032 7861 4030 7902

TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 180DEG 0KT 4054 7890 4037 7818



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FORECASTER: JUNG

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