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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

955 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEST CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY...

  SOUTHWESTERN LEBANON COUNTY...

  SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY...



* UNTIL 200 AM EDT...



* AT 950 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES   

AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN DAUPHIN...SOUTHWESTERN LEBANON AND WEST 

CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTIES.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ELIZABETHTOWN...MOUNT JOY...PALMYRA...COLONIAL PARK...HARRISBURG...

  HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN...LINGLESTOWN...MIDDLETOWN...PROGRESS AND

  STEELTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY REACH AN INCH OR MORE BEFORE 11 PM. 



FLOODING ON ROUTE 283 JUST OUTSIDE OF HARRISBURG WAS REPORTED TO 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN

AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN



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.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



&&



LAT...LON 4005 7653 4006 7654 4005 7656 4007 7664

      4014 7674 4018 7676 4026 7690 4029 7692

      4032 7691 4044 7656 4002 7644



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FORECASTER: DANGELO

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