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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

920 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.



* AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 

  YORK COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA FROM NEAR YORK TO RED LION...AND 

BROGUE WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM SEVERAL...TRAINING 

THUNDERSTORMS.



RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED NEAR RED 

LION OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE OVER 

THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

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

FOOT...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 3981 7630 3991 7640 3991 7643 3995 7656

          4000 7670 4003 7686 4005 7703 3991 7696

          3977 7649 3974 7626



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