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WGUS71 KCTP 212036

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PAC071-212330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

428 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2004





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM

EDT...





AT 420 PM EDT...AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT ALONG THE LITTLE CHICKIES CREEK 

NEAR MOUNT JOY INDICATED THE CREEK WAS OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS DUE TO 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF EARLIER TODAY AND 

FRIDAY. THE CREEK WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS BEFORE RECEDING QUICKLY TO WITHIN ITS BANKS IN THE EARLY TO 

MIDDLE EVENING HOURS.



ALSO...CHICKIES CREEK NEAR MANHEIM WAS RIGHT AT FLOOD STAGE...AND 

WILL EXCEED ITS BANKS BY BETWEEN ONE HALF FOOT...AND ONE FOOT 

BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM.



LOW CROSSINGS ON ROADS NEAR THESE STREAMS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.  



OTHER LARGER STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY WILL 

CONTINUE TO RISE EARLY THIS EVENING AND MAY CREST RIGHT NEAR 

BANKFULL.  



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. DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE 

DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.





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LAMBERT

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