

000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 232056

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

452 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



PAC063-232300-

/X.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070823T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

INDIANA PA-

452 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

INDIANA COUNTY...



AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVING EAST FROM SHELOCTA TO NEAR INDIANA OVER 

THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND

NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 4059 7928 4060 7890 4042 7900 4047 7936

      4054 7934

TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 180DEG 0KT 4064 7910



$$



WJD

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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 232056

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

452 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



PAC063-232300-

/X.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070823T2300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

INDIANA PA-

452 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

INDIANA COUNTY...



AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVING EAST FROM SHELOCTA TO NEAR INDIANA OVER 

THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND

NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 4059 7928 4060 7890 4042 7900 4047 7936

      4054 7934

TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 180DEG 0KT 4064 7910



$$



WJD

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