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WGUS71 KCTP 020042

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

830 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



PAC133-020145-

YORK PA-

830 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR YORK

COUNTY...



AT 830 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST INTO THE WARNED AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN 

YORK COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE 6 PM OVER THE AREA BETWEEN FAWN 

GROVE AND SUNNYBURN WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS LIKELY BETWEEN 830 AND 930 

PM IN AREAS WHERE FLOODING OF ROADS...SMALL STREAMS... AND LOW LYING 

AREAS HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING. 



TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORTED REPORTED THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 425 AND NACE ROAD CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING...ALONG WITH WOODBINE ROAD BEING CLOSED. BOTH 

FLOODED AREAS WERE 4 TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAWN GROVE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 3973 7647 3973 7625 3981 7633 3981 7649

      3977 7650



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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