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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1125 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.



* AT 1125 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 

  PER HOUR OVER MUCH OF LANCASTER COUNTY.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN  

LANCASTER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED ONE WATER RESCUE 

UNDERWAY NEAR THE CHESTER COUNTY LINE. TWO MAJOR ROADS ARE ALSO 

CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.   



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.



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

ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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