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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

536 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.



* AT 533 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

  NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 2 MILES 

  SOUTHEAST OF HUMMELSTOWN...OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERSHEY. 



THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE 

WEST AND HAS ALREADY PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES 

OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HERSHEY. 



THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN HERSHEY AND 

CLIFTON THROUGH 615 PM.  RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 

TURNPIKE BETWEEN HERSHEY AND CLIFTON...NEAR AND ALONG ROUTE 322. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 

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

SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



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LAT...LON 4032 7665 4021 7660 4016 7674 4030 7682



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