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WGUS71 KCTP 080108

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

908 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



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LANCASTER PA-

908 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...



AT 858 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ELIZABETHTOWN...RHEEMS...BAINBRIDGE...MANHEIM AND MOUNT JOY.



DONEGAL AND CONOY CREEKS APPEAR TO BE IN THE GREATEST RISK OF 

SERIOUS FLOODING THIS EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THAT AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT 

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 4005 7657 4007 7666 4013 7673 4020 7657

      4026 7633 4025 7632 4026 7630 4020 7618



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