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000 

WGUS71 KCTP 080257

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1057 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



PAC071-080330-

/O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080708T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

LANCASTER PA-

1057 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...



AT 1047 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ELIZABETHTOWN AND RHEEMS.



RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST 1130 PM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. LOCAL 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREAMS ARE STILL RISING AS OF 1045 PM. 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 4017 7624 4009 7648 4007 7666 4013 7673

      4020 7657 4020 7655 4026 7635 4025 7632

      4026 7630 4021 7622



$$



FORECASTER: KF

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000 

WGUS71 KCTP 080257

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1057 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



PAC071-080330-

/O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080708T0330Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

LANCASTER PA-

1057 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2008



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

NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...



AT 1047 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

ELIZABETHTOWN AND RHEEMS.



RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT RUNOFF FROM EARLIER DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE TO 

CAUSE FLOODING THROUGH AT LEAST 1130 PM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. LOCAL 

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREAMS ARE STILL RISING AS OF 1045 PM. 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 4017 7624 4009 7648 4007 7666 4013 7673

      4020 7657 4020 7655 4026 7635 4025 7632

      4026 7630 4021 7622



$$



FORECASTER: KF

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