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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

426 PM EST TUE JAN 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EST.



* AT 425 PM EST...STREAM GAGES ON PEQUEA CREEK AT PARADISE SHOW

  RAPID RISES OF WATER LEVELS. A STAGE OF 5.9 FEET IS REPORTED AS OF

  430 PM...AND FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.



TODAYS RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH ICE BREAKING UP ON PEQUEA 

CREEK...HAVE RESULTED IN RAPID RISES NEAR PARADISE. AN ICE JAM HAS 

LIKELY FORMED NEAR PARADISE...AND THE WATER LEVEL WILL EXCEED THE 

6.0 FOOT FLOOD SHORTLY.  



AN ICE JAM RESTRICTS WATER FLOW. THE WATER BEHIND THE ICE JAM WILL 

BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE AND MAY CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE. BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO AVOID THE FLOOD WATERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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