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Flood — Clarion, PA

May 28, 2017

Showers and thunderstorms, some of which where severe, developed in a rather unstable environment with modest shear, in the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Focus for storms was along a warm front, where slow moving/training cells produced heavy rain approaching 3 inches in several areas in the vicinity of Interstate 80. Flash Flooding was reported in Venango and Clarion counties in Pennsylvania, with additional flooding reported overnight in Indiana county as another round of storms approache

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 704935). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Clarion, PA

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