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WGUS71 KCTP 100135

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PAC071-100330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

827 PM EST SUN MAR 9 2003





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

HAS EXPIRED...



AT 823 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

THE LITTLE CHICKIES CREEK OVER ITS BANKS NEAR MOUNT JOY.  THE LITTLE 

CHICKIES CREEK GAGE AT MOUNT JOY HAS INDICATED NEARLY STEADY WATER 

LEVELS OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.  WITH TEMPERATURES HAVING DROPPED 

BELOW FREEZING...WATER LEVELS SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT.  



HIGH WATER LEVELS THIS EVENING APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A 

COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT FROM THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLE 

ICE JAMMING ACTION ALONG THE CREEK.



WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERNIGHT FLOODING HAS DECREASED... PERSONS 

NEAR THE LITTLE CHICKIES CREEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE 

ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND MINOR THREAT OF FLOODING AND BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 

THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD 

BE ABANDONED. 



IF YOU LIVE BELOW THE LOCATION OF THE ICE JAM...BE AWARE THAT THE JAM

COULD GIVE WAY AND SEND LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER DOWNSTREAM. THIS

COULD CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF THE AREA BELOW THE JAM.



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