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WGUS71 KCTP 230116

FFSCTP

PAZ065-230500-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

915 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR YORK 

COUNTY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER 

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...AND RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE 

NIGHT. 



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN YORK COUNTY CONTINUE TO REPORT 

WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF ROUTE 74 IN THE 

SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND ROUTE 216 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY 

OF YORK. ISOLATED EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE AS WELL...AS WATER IS 

ENCROACHING ON MANY HOMES. 



WHILE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REPEATEDLY CROSS THE COUNTY 

OVERNIGHT...THE STORM CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY 

BUT STEADILY TO THE NORTHEAST...UNLIKE THE STORM CELLS OF EARLIER 

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.   



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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.



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