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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1245 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.



* AT 1240 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 

WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...FROM MAYTOWN TO MT. JOY.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THIS AREA IN THE LAST HOUR....WITH SOME AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES 

ESTIMATED IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY. 

EXPECT TRAVEL PROBLEMS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...AS 

WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAIN...ALONG ROUTES 

30...230 AND 283.



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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