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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1120 AM EST WED MAR 21 2001





A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 

THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST 

PENNSYLVANIA...



LEBANON...DAUPHIN...LANCASTER...ADAMS AND YORK.



LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL DEEPEN AS IT SLOWLY 

LIFTS NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A 

STRONG EASTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL INTENSIFY AND DRAW A 

RICH FETCH OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE WESTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN 

PENNSYLVANIA. AS A RESULT...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT 

TIMES OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 

CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

MORE THAN 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY 

HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE.



WITH STREAMS ALREADY RUNNING FAIRLY HIGH DUE TO RECENT 

SNOWMELT...THE RUNOFF PRODUCED BY THIS HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE 

CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 

TONIGHT.      



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE 

POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE 

CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. STAY TUNED TO 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE.



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