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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
559 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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LANCASTER PA-
559 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 555 PM EDT, RAIN ACROSS THE AREA IS STARTING TO TAPER OFF.
HOWEVER, FLOODING ALONG AND NEAR THE OCTORARO CREEK WILL
CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
- FLOODING IS ONGOING ALONG THE OCTORARO CREEK. THE BRIDGE AT
BROWN ROAD IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD. DO NOT CROSS BRIDGES OVER
THE CREEK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3972 7615 3973 7615 3983 7605 3983 7604
3981 7603 3980 7604 3977 7606 3976 7606
3976 7608 3975 7609 3975 7610 3973 7609
3973 7610 3972 7611 3974 7611 3974 7612
3972 7612
DANGELO
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