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WGUS71 KCTP 212209

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PAC001-041-055-212245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

559 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003





...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CUMBERLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES 

UNTIL 645 PM...AND FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM...



AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

NEAR INTERSTATE 81 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

ADAMS COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN HAS SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND 

AND SOUTHWARD DRIFT OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

PARTS OF FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES...WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHTER 

SHOWERS FALLING NORTH OF A LINE FROM SHIPPENSBURG TO YORK.



AT 530 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUDSLIDE AT 

LATIMORE AND STRAYER ROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY...ALONG WITH 5 ROAD 

CLOSURES AND SOME BASEMENTS FLOODED. 



THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT HOUR WILL BE 

FROM CHAMBERSBURG...TO BLACKS GAP ALONG ROUTE 30...AND SOUTH TO NEAR 

WAYNESBORO.



SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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.



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



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LAT...LON 4018 7765 4008 7732 4011 7709 4007 7716

          4000 7703 3975 7695 3974 7738 3975 7785



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