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WGUS71 KCTP 180241

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1041 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



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SOMERSET PA-

1041 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR

SOMERSET COUNTY...



AT 1037 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOMERSET COUNTY. PUBLIC 

REPORTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT NO 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF 1030 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOMERSET AND

WINDBER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WHICH WOULD PUSH SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3976 7940 3978 7940 3982 7937 3985 7942

      3987 7942 4007 7928 4010 7925 4012 7919

      4029 7906 4028 7892 4024 7889 4023 7866

      4008 7873 4005 7877 4000 7876 3988 7881



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FORECASTER: DANGELO

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