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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

630 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005



PAC071-070230-

LANCASTER PA-

630 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR LANCASTER

COUNTY...



AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY WHICH 

WILL PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN 

WILL FALL OVER AN AREA WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS THAT WILL SEE THE WORST FLOODING WILL BE THE AREA JUST 

NORTH OF LANCASTER...INCLUDING LITITZ...MANHEIM TOWNSHIP AND 

BROWNSTOWN. LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE ALSO 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AREAS NEAR HOLTWOOD AND 

SAFE HARBOR DAMS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

ACROSS MOST OF LANCASTER COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. THE RAINS SHOULD TAPER 

OFF AFTER 8 PM...BUT FLOODING MAY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.



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 4031 7614 4014 7589 3971 7622 4000 7650

      4020 7646



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