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WGUS71 KCTP 222224

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PAZ057-065-222345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

610 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DAUPHIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR 

YORK COUNTY...



AT 610 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF 

YORK...AND THROUGHOUT AREAS SOUTH OF YORK. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF 

STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS WAS REPORTED IN CHANCEFORD TOWNSHIP.   



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN HANOVER AND 

SHREWSBURY...IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.



WIDESPREAD 4 TO 6 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY SINCE 3 PM.



THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES AND 

FLOODING WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHWEST YORK COUNTY...AND 

WILL LIKELY DUMP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 615 PM AND 

730 PM NEAR THE TOWNS OF SHREWSBURY...JEFFERSON AND NEW FREEDOM.



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 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.



FURTHER TO THE NORTH...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF DAUPHIN 

COUNTY...AND ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS IS EXPECTED 

THROUGH 8 PM. 



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