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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

900 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL NOON EDT.



* AT 857 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  ALREADY OCCURRING.



HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING 

IN ALONG THE CONESTOGA CREEK...NEAR BROWNSTOWN. LANCASTER EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT ALSO REPORTED SOME ROAD FLOODING ALONG MILL CREEK NEAR 

SMOKESTOWN. SOME ROAD FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE MT JOY AREA 

ALONG THE LITTLE CHICKIES CREEK. THE RIVER GAGE THERE SHOWS THE 

STAGE IS STILL RISING.



THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED. SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS STILL FALLING IN 

EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY AT 9 AM. THIS RAIN SHOULD END 

BEFORE 10 AM. IT WILL TAKE 2 TO 3 HOURS FOR MOST STREAMS TO RETURN 

TO THEIR BANKS.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.



LAT...LON 4028 7609 3978 7606 3982 7634 4020 7663



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