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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
111 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAUPHIN COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...
  WESTERN LEBANON COUNTY...
  YORK COUNTY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

* AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATE TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN.
  LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING FROM 
  A STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY
  PRODUCED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH PREVIOUS DAYS
  TOTALS ADDING UP TO ALMOST 6 INCHES IN MANY LOCATION IN AND NEAR
  HARRISBURG AND YORK. 

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR DAUPHIN...YORK...LEBANON AND
  LANCASTER COUNTIES. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS ARE
  TAKING PLACE. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DALLASTOWN...HANOVER...PARKVILLE...RED LION...SPRY...WEIGELSTOWN...
  YORK...COLUMBIA...ELIZABETHTOWN...MOUNT JOY...ANNVILLE...LEBANON...
  PALMYRA...COLONIAL PARK...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN...
  LINGLESTOWN...MIDDLETOWN...PROGRESS AND STEELTON.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF A TROPICAL 
NATURE EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTHERN VIRGINIA INTO THE LOCAL 
AREA.  

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH...RIGHT ALONG 
THE SAME PATHWAY AS THE STORMS BEFORE. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY 
HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CAUSE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. ACT NOW 
TO PROTECT PROPERTY IN LOW-LYING AREAS. NEAR RECORD FLOODING IS 
POSSIBLE ALONG MANY SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS.
FLOOD WATERS MAY RISE HIGHER THAN LOCAL RESIDENTS HAVE EVER SEEN 
BEFORE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS 
AFTERNOON ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO 
LAST INTO MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND DAYTIME ON THURSDAY. 

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 DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 3983 7700 3986 7695 3989 7699 3992 7697
      4016 7695 4016 7691 4020 7693 4022 7690
      4022 7686 4028 7692 4061 7688 4066 7670
      4049 7643 3971 7637 3972 7700

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO