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WGUS71 KCTP 130033

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PAZ066-130100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

829 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER COUNTY

HAS EXPIRED AS OF 830 PM EDT...



THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. SMALL STREAMS AND 

CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE RECEDING...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. 

LARGER STREAMS...SUCH AS THE PEQUEA AT PARADISE ARE STILL RISING BUT 

SHOULD CREST JUST UNDER FLOOD STAGE. EVEN THOUGH SMALLER STREAMS AND 

CREEKS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. 

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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

THE ROADWAY. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. VEHICLES 

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



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