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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

620 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005



PAC133-070330-

YORK PA-

620 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR YORK

COUNTY...



AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST 

OF YORK COUNTY...BUT ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEASTERN AND FAR NORTHERN 

PARTS OF THE COUNTY. 



LOCATIONS THAT WILL MOST LIKELY SEE RAPIDLY RISING WATERS INCLUDE 

BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DILLSBURG AND ROSSVILLE IN THE NORTH...WHERE 

UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO UNDER AN 

EXTREME FLASH FLOODING THREAT ARE SUNNYBURN...BROGUE AND AIRVILLE IN 

THE SOUTHEAST...WHERE UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALRADY FALLEN...AND 

MORE IS ON THE WAY. 



AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN YORK COUNTY 

THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD LEAD TO DEVASTATING FLOODING...ESPECIALLY 

IN CHANCEFORD AND LOWER CHANCEFORD TOWNSHIPS. 



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN NEVER TRY

TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE

RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4008 7711 3995 7696 3973 7699 3972 7622

      4004 7653 4023 7685



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FORECASTER: DANGELO

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