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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

741 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001





...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA...



MCKEAN...CAMERON...CLEARFIELD AND ELK.



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR 

ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...AND 

INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



LEBANON...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...UNION...SULLIVAN...JUNIATA...

SOUTHERN CENTRE...NORTHERN LYCOMING...PERRY...SOMERSET...TIOGA...

FRANKLIN...BEDFORD...DAUPHIN...LANCASTER...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...

BLAIR...POTTER...CAMBRIA...SCHUYLKILL...YORK...NORTHERN CLINTON...

COLUMBIA...SNYDER...SOUTHERN LYCOMING...SOUTHERN CLINTON...NORTHERN

CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN AND FULTON.



A COLD FRONT SLICING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE THE FOCUS

FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MID DAY HOURS ON SATURDAY. 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...AND FLASH FLOODING ARE 

POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR.  



SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREETS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS 

OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF YORK COUNTY...INCLUDING THE 

CITY OF YORK. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF 

LANCASTER COUNTY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM THE MID 

AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY A STORM SPOTTER NEAR 

LOGANVILLE...WHO REPORTED 8 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY.  



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS

OR UPDATES.



BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO 

ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER 

SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.



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