

145 

WGUS71 KCTP 211509

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1109 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



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

1109 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014



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

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

WARREN COUNTIES...



AT 1105 AM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING ACROSS 

A LARGE PORTION OF ELK COUNTY WITH MANY ROADS IMPASSIBLE. RAINFALL 

TOTALS OF OVER THREE INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS...BUT WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH AND FLASH FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. 

 

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. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.



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

DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.



&&



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

      4162 7896 4163 7903 4200 7935



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