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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

427 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM...



AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE FROM THE 

WEST THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.



ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...STREAMS AND CREEKS 

CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO RUNOFF. SPECIFICALLY... 

PEQUEA CREEK AT PARADISE IS ABOVE 13 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY. 

FLOODING OF PEQUEA CREEK BEGINS AROUND 12.0 FEET...AND HAS RISEN 5 

FEET IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.



PERSONS ALONG PEQUEA CREEK...AND OTHER SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

LANCASTER COUNTY...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS 

CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING.



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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