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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

320 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001





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

AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THIS 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 AFTERNOON...IS COMBINING 

WITH A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS CENTRAL 

PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WILL 

BE ACROSS THE LOWER TO MID SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL 

TOTALS IN THAT AREA WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES...BUT LOCALIZED 

AMOUNTS OF OVER 3 INCHES THIS EVENING ARE POSSIBLE...AND WOULD BE 

ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING IN URBAN OR OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS 

EVENING...WITH RAIN ENDING EAST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER TOWARD 

MIDNIGHT. 



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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