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WGUS71 KPBZ 170046
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
846 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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CLARION PA-VENANGO PA-
846 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN VENANGO AND CENTRAL CLARION COUNTIES...
AT 846 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF
ROAD AND HOME FLOODING ALONG US322 NEAR CLARION AND STRATTANVILLE.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT WATER CAN CONTINUE TO
RISE.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN, CLARION, KNOX, POLK, SLIGO, EMLENTON, STRATTANVILLE,
CLINTONVILLE, LIMESTONE, SHIPPENVILLE, ST. PETERSBURG, KENNERDELL,
CALLENSBURG, FOXBURG, CHERRY VALLEY AND CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4143 8000 4122 7921 4105 7922 4109 7966
4110 7968 4114 7968 4115 7969 4116 7968
4117 7969 4117 7987 4123 8000
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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