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WGUS71 KCTP 130333

FFSCTP

PAZ066-130415-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1122 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR LANCASTER

COUNTY...



AT 1120 PM EDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 

PEQUEA CREEK IN PARADISE. THE CREEK IS STILL RISING BUT MORE SLOWLY 

THAN EARLIER THIS EVENING. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO BE RESCUED 

FROM VEHICLES THAT WERE DRIVEN INTO FLOODED AREAS.



MILL CREEK AT SMOKETOWN CONTINUES TO RISE AND IS ALSO OUT OF ITS 

BANKS. AS OF 1120 PM EDT THE STAGE WAS UP TO 8.3 FEET AND RISING. 

THIS EXCEEDS THE FLOOD STAGE OF 8 FEET. A CREST BETWEEN 9 AND 10 

FEET IS EXPECTED AROUND 1 AM. WATER IS COVERING PORTIONS OF MONTEREY 

ROAD ALONG MILL CREEK.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN MOTOR VEHICLES. PLEASE...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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