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Flash Flood — Clearfield, PA

Jun 2, 2016

A small, but potent thunderstorm developed over Clearfield County just north of the town of Clearfield just before 22:00Z Thursday June 2nd, 2016. The storm moved little and by 23Z was producing very heavy rain. The storm sat over the Clearfield-Lawrence County Airport (KFIG) where 5.16��� of rain fell essentially 3 hours.||Initially Flood Advisories were issued (2316Z), but as the storm sat in one spot, the advisory was upgraded to a Flash Flood Warning at 0038Z. ||Significant flooding

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 645594). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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