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RWUS32 KCTP 192208

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PAZ065-066-200400-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

454 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001



LANCASTER EMA OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED ICE JAMS ON THE MILL CREEK AT 

SMOKETOWN AND ON PEQUEA CREEK AT PARADISE. ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING IS 

BEING OBSERVED AT THESE SITES...INCREASED STREAMFLOW DUE TO RAIN 

THIS EVENING...COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE RAPID RISES AND FLOODING. ANYONE 

LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR CREEKS IN LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS THIS EVENING DUE TO ICE 

JAMMING.



NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED.



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