

000 

WGUS51 KCTP 230921

FFWCTP

PAC001-043-071-133-231315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

520 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 915 AM EDT.



* AT 515 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ALREADY OCCURRING.



HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE 

LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 AM 

ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH WEST OF GETTYSBURG AND 

HARRISBURG...TO OVER AN INCH IN PORTIONS OF YORK AND LANCASTER 

COUNTIES. 



THE RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 6 

AND 8 AM. HOWEVER...THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE MORE 

FLOODING AND WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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.



$$



LAT...LON 4007 7623 3984 7619 3980 7740 4010 7684

          4035 7675



&



KL/MMD

