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WGUS71 KCTP 110217

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1017 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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FRANKLIN PA-

1017 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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

CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...



AT 1014 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS WERE 

CLOSED OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

CHAMBERSBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...GREENCASTLE...MARION...MONT ALTO AND

WAYNESBORO.



THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF QUITE A BIT...BUT LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. HEED ALL POSTED ROAD CLOSURES.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES 

ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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LAT...LON 3974 7773 3991 7774 3999 7748 3975 7747



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FORECASTER: DANGELO

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