Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

627 
WGUS71 KCTP 032119
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
519 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

PAC027-033-035-032315-
/O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120503T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLEARFIELD PA-CENTRE PA-CLINTON PA-
519 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTHERN CENTRE AND NORTHEASTERN CLEARFIELD
COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM EDT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF 
THE WARNED AREA...BUT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS 
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVY RAIN IS NOW FLOWING INTO THE STREAMS AND 
CREEKS. BEECH CREEK AND MARSH CREEK WILL SEE SHARP RISES AND MAY 
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THESE WATERWAYS...BE 
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 

LIGHT RAIN WILL FALL INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED 
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A 
HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.

MOST LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING ARE RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN 
CLEARFIELD...NORTHERN CENTRE AND WEST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTIES.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 7810 4117 7780 4108 7760 4098 7757
      4097 7808 4112 7861 4125 7864

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

666 
WGUS71 KCTP 032311
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
711 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

PAC027-033-035-032319-
/O.EXP.KCTP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120503T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLEARFIELD PA-CENTRE PA-CLINTON PA-
711 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
CLINTON...NORTHERN CENTRE AND NORTHEASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTIES...

THE WATERS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ARE RECEDING AND SHOULD NO 
LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 PM.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
THEM. FIND ANOTHER WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION OR WAIT UNTIL THE WATER 
RECEDES. 

LAT...LON 4122 7810 4117 7780 4108 7760 4098 7757
      4097 7808 4112 7861 4125 7864

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO