Flood Warning for Blair, PA; Cambria, PA; Centre, PA +1 more
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- Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield
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- Severe
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What is happening
What: Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Impacts: Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. Where: Northwestern Blair County in central Pennsylvania......
What the bulletin says to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Full official description
Bulletin details
* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Blair County in central Pennsylvania... Northern Cambria County in central Pennsylvania... Southwestern Centre County in central Pennsylvania... Southern Clearfield County in central Pennsylvania... * WHEN...Until 530 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 229 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Clearfield, Northern Cambria, Philipsburg, Woodland, Curwensville, Patton, Hyde, Hastings, Osceola Mills, Plymptonville, Chester Hill, Carrolltown, Houtzdale, North Philipsburg, South Philipsburg, Sandy Ridge, Jeffries, Prince Gallitzin State Park, Black Moshannon State Park and Belsano. http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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- Alert
Flood Warning issued August 20 at 2:33PM EDT until August 20 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS State College PA
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS State College PA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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