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WGUS61 KCTP 041605
FFACTP
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1205 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
PAZ024-025-033-034-051200-
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CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALTOONA, BEDFORD, JOHNSTOWN, AND SOMERSET
1205 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BEDFORD, BLAIR, CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET.
* WHEN...THROUGH 8 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. CREEKS AND
STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- TRAINING HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN
FALLING AT THIS RATE WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH
FLOODING, AS RAINFALL RATES REQUIRED TO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
ARE ONLY 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES OVER A ONE HOUR PERIOD ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA. LOCALIZED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT COULD REACH 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS, MAINLY TO THE
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
LAMBERT/MARTIN
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