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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

150 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.



* AT 145 AM EDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL INDICATED 

THAT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG PEQUEA CREEK IN PARADISE AND MILL 

CREEK AT SMOKETOWN. STREAM GAGES INDICATE THAT THE STAGE OF PEQUEA 

CREEK HAS CRESTED AROUND 12.1 FEET...WHICH IS AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. THE WATER LEVEL WAS SLOWLY RECEDING ON MILL 

CREEK...WHICH CRESTED AROUND 1 AM AT 8.5...OR ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE 

FLOOD STAGE. THE LATEST GAGE READING AT SMOKETOWN WAS 8.1 FEET.



* AFTER SEVERAL WATER RESCUES LATE SUNDAY EVENING NEAR PARADISE..NO 

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OR ROADS CLOSURES WERE NOTED BY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.

 

* WATERS LEVELS ON MILL CREEK WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 3 

AM...WHILE WATER LEVELS ON PEQUEA CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FALL SLOWLY 

BUT REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH 4 AM.



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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LAT...LON 4030 7616 4014 7593 3982 7608 3974 7622

          3984 7630 4015 7667 4027 7642



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