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WGUS71 KPBZ 232136

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

534 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



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ARMSTRONG PA-

534 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR

ARMSTRONG COUNTY...



AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO 

INDICATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

CROSSING THE WARNED AREA. 



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 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.



LAT...LON 4085 7923 4077 7925 4071 7930 4056 7945

      4067 7964 4070 7968 4076 7969

TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 180DEG 0KT 4070 7950



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