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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

648 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



PAC133-020000-

YORK PA-

648 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL YORK COUNTY...



AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY...NEAR HALLAM AND EAST PROSPECT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAST 

PROSPECT...BROGUE...HALLAM...SHENKS FERRY...WINDSOR...WRIGHTSVILLE.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE LATE AFTERNOON HAS OCCURRED FROM KREUTZ 

CREEK BASIN NEAR HALLAM...TO FISHING CREEK BASIN JUST TO THE SOUTH 

OF EAST PROSPECT WHERE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 

PM...ESPECIALLY FROM HALLAM TO EAST PROSPECT.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN STATE

COLLEGE PA.



LAT...LON 3987 7657 3978 7645 3985 7636 3991 7641

      3995 7647 4008 7655 4006 7669



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FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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