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WGUS71 KCTP 080031
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
831 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

PAC037-043-081-093-097-107-109-113-117-119-080215-
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COLUMBIA PA-DAUPHIN PA-MONTOUR PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-
SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-UNION PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-LYCOMING PA-
831 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN LYCOMING...NORTHUMBERLAND...EASTERN UNION...EASTERN TIOGA...
SULLIVAN...EASTERN SNYDER...WESTERN SCHUYLKILL...MONTOUR...
NORTHWESTERN DAUPHIN AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS        
ROADS ARE CLOSED...AND MANY WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS HAVE       
TAKEN PLACE.

AT 820 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY 
AND ADJACENT NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE 
HALF OF AN INCH...AND ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH 
LATE THIS EVENING. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 830 PM TO 1015 PM COULD BE AS HIGH AS 2.5 
INCHES ACROSS THE REGION EAST OF A LINE FROM SHUNK AND BARBOURS...TO 
HUGHESVILLE...DANVILLE AND SHAMOKIN. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS FURTHER TO 
THE WEST WILL BE UNDER 1.5 INCHES THROUGH 1015 PM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION...AS MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ALREADY FLOODING AND 
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER RESCUES ARE OCCURRING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DANVILLE...
SELINSGROVE...ASHLAND...MANSFIELD...KULPMONT...MILTON...MOUNT
CARMEL...NORTHUMBERLAND...SHAMOKIN...SUNBURY...BERWICK...
BLOOMSBURG...LEWISBURG...MONTOURSVILLE AND WILLIAMSPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. 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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE BY CALLING YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 4199 7692 4160 7687 4154 7621 4121 7632
      4114 7627 4114 7622 4101 7622 4049 7641
      4066 7669 4057 7697 4064 7694 4064 7698
      4201 7725

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FORECASTER: LAMBERT