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WGUS71 KCTP 040230

FFSCTP

PAZ057-040330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1026 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR DAUPHIN 

COUNTY...



AT 1030 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO SUBSIDE OVER 

SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE SHOWERS WERE 

WEAKENING...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER AREAS NEAR HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN AND MIDDLETOWN. THIS 

HEAVY RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS STILL LIKELY TO CAUSE 

FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



THE EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS 

AND UNDERPASSES.



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 TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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