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WGUS71 KCTP 110230

FFSCTP



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA

1030 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-DAUPHIN PA-

1030 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN DAUPHIN...SOUTHWESTERN LEBANON AND WEST CENTRAL LANCASTER

COUNTIES...



AT 1026 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS...ESPECIALLY 

UNDERPASSES...HAVE FLOODED. ONE INTERSECTION AT PAXTANG AVENUE AND 

DERRY STREET HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

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

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

STEELTON.



THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF IN DAUPHIN COUNTY...WITH ONLY ANOTHER 

QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN LEBANON AND 

NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AND ALSO LIGHTENING UP 

AS IT DOES SO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF IS 

POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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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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