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PAC071-130400-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

559 PM EDT THU AUG 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.



* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

AN AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

OVER MUCH OF WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE PAST HOUR...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY IN THE NEXT HOUR. 

ALSO...MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE 

EVENING...WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING.



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 4032 7616 4014 7589 3982 7606 3973 7620

      4015 7670



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