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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1149 PM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006



PAC133-090415-

YORK PA-

1149 PM EDT FRI SEP 8 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR YORK

COUNTY...



AT 1149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST...AND 

OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. ONLY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL PERSIST 

THROUGH 1 AM. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF 

LEWISBERRY...WELLSVILLE AND MANCHESTER. 



THIS HEAVY RAIN RESULTED IN FLOODING OF WAGO ROAD IN EAST MANCHESTER 

TOWNSHIP SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM.  



ANY FLOODED ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL SEE WATER LEVELS QUICKLY 

RECEDE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...WITH NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

EXPECTED.   



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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW 

INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.







LAT...LON 4000 7695 4003 7662 4015 7672 4014 7696



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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