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WGUS71 KCTP 211549

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1149 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



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ELK PA-MCKEAN PA-CAMERON PA-WARREN PA-

1149 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR RIDGWAY IN ELK COUNTY...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT

WEDNESDAY FOR ELK...WESTERN MCKEAN...WESTERN CAMERON AND EASTERN

WARREN COUNTIES...



AT 1146 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING 

CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN SEVERITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF ELK COUNTY WITH 

SIGNIFICANT WATER EVACUATIONS UNDER WAY. 



THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR RIDGWAY IN ELK COUNTY. SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND NOW!



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

ST. MARYS...WARREN...BRADFORD...RIDGWAY...KANE...JOHNSONBURG...

SHEFFIELD...WETMORE...RUSSELL...WILCOX...JAMES CITY...BENEZETTE...

CYCLONE...WESTLINE...HICKS RUN...SCANDIA...WARREN SOUTH...LUDLOW...

MARSHBURG AND EAST BRANCH DAM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE

THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE

FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



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LAT...LON 4200 7869 4122 7814 4129 7874 4154 7896

      4162 7896 4163 7903 4200 7935



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