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WGUS71 KCTP 122237

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PAZ065-066-122330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

628 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR YORK AND

LANCASTER COUNTIES...



AT 616 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL ROAD 

CLOSURES IN LANCASTER COUNTY...INCLUDING A PORTION OF ROUTE 30 NEAR 

THE CITY OF LANCASTER.  



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN LANCASTER COUNTY 

FROM LANCASTER CITY EAST TO NEW HOLLAND. SEVERAL ROADS AND 

INTERSECTIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BY SMALL STREAM FLOODING.



IN YORK COUNTY...DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATES THAT 2.9 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

IN THE LAST HOUR NEAR WRIGHTSVILLE. SO FAR NO FLOODING PROBELMS HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED...DESPITE THE HEAVY RAIN.



IN ADDITION TO THE TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND 

LIGHTNING IS OCCURING. SEVERAL HOUSE FIRES HAVE BEEN STARTED BY 

LIGHTNING AND ONE MINOR INJURY OCCURED IN YORK COUNTY. STAY INDOORS 

AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.



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LAT...LON 4020 7604 3979 7612 3975 7693 4010 7692



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