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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

608 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013



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CAMBRIA PA-SOMERSET PA-

608 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN CAMBRIA COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR JOHNSTOWN AND SURROUNDING 

AREAS...



AT 600 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL OVERSPREAD THE 

AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON STREAMS AND 

CREEKS...AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING. IN ADDITION... 

REMEMBER THAT SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR 

SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS.



WATER RESCUES...FLOODED HOMES...AND SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED IN AND NEARBY THE JOHNSTOWN AREA.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING EVENT!



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WINDBER...BELMONT...ELIM...JOHNSTOWN...RICHLAND AND WESTMONT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE

COLLEGE THROUGH TWITTER OR FACEBOOK.



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LAT...LON 4014 7917 4018 7915 4022 7911 4031 7905

      4037 7900 4039 7889 4039 7870 4026 7864

      4019 7888 4012 7918 4013 7918



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FORECASTER: JUNG











