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WGUS71 KCTP 232112

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

506 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



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CAMBRIA PA-

506 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

CAMBRIA COUNTY...



AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER CAMBRIA COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

EBENSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...NANTY-GLO...TWIN ROCKS...PORTAGE AND 

WESTMONT.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS FLOODING IN NANTY GLO AND BLACKLICK 

TOWNSHIP. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ROUTE 

422 NEAR ROUTE 271. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING OVER THE LITTLE 

CONEMAUGH RIVER NEAR WILMORE AND ALONG ROUTE 53 AND ROUTE 164 NEAR 

PORTAGE. 



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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4042 7898 4061 7886 4069 7883 4060 7852

      4050 7856 4037 7864 4032 7865 4026 7870

      4032 7900

TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 180DEG 0KT 4052 7885



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FORECASTER: TYBURSKI

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