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Flood — Cambria, PA

Mar 4, 2015

On March 2nd and 3rd milder temperatures and rainfall over the southwest portion of the area resulted in several ice jams and snow melt flooding.||The first signs of flooding began on Tuesday Evening, March 3rd when minor localized flooding was reported. A flood advisory was issued at 1039 pm for portions of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset and Clearfield Counties. Flood advisories continued for these counties through the night and into the day on Wednesday. Several significant ice jams bro

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 568040). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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