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WGUS71 KCTP 030145

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PAC071-030745-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

939 PM EDT MON AUG 2 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM

EDT...



AT 935 AM...THE STORMS THAT WERE OVER LANCASTER COUNTY HAVE MOVED 

NORTHWARD AND WEAKEN. RAINFALL ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE 

COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER.



AS OF 930 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT DOZENS 

OF ROADS WERE FLOODED...MAINLY IN THE MOUNT JOY...MANHEIM AREAS. 

SEVERAL WATER RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED.



ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...FLASH FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AS RUNOFF CONTINUES.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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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