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PAC071-130545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

947 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.





* HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING IS STILL CAUSING SOME LARGER 

CREEKS TO RISE.



* AT 940 PM EDT...THE STAGE ON THE PEQUEA CREEK HAS REACHED 10.2 

FEET. THIS EXCEEDS THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. THE CREEK IS EXPECTED 

TO CREST AROUND 11 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. AT 10 FEET WATER FLOODS INTO A 

PARKING LOT AND SOME LOW LYING FARM FIELDS. 



* AT 945 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER HAD 

FORCED THE CLOSURE OF THE REVERE TAVERN AND GUESTS AT THE HOTEL HAD 

ALL SAFELY MOVED THEIR VEHICLES TO THE UPPER PARKING LOT.



* MILL CREEK AT SMOKETOWN HAS REACHED 7.4 FEET AS OF 950 PM EDT AND 

IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN MOTOR VEHICLES. PLEASE...DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS ANY ROADWAY. VEHICLES 

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



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



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LAT...LON 4020 7604 3979 7612 3979 7627 4014 7654



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