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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1045 AM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE 

AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING...



THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



LEBANON...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...UNION...JUNIATA...PERRY...

FRANKLIN...DAUPHIN...LANCASTER...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...SCHUYLKILL...

YORK...COLUMBIA...SNYDER...AND SOUTHERN LYCOMING.



MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM 

ALLISON...JUST OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST THIS MORNING...IS IN PLACE 

OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

WILL MOVE INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LATER TODAY AND INTERACT WITH 

THE WARM...HUMID AIR. AS A RESULT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE 

THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GIVEN THE 

ABUNDANT MOISTURE...RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE RAIN IS 

EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE...WITH 

LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. 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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