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WGUS41 KCTP 010522
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
122 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CONESTOGA RIVER AT LANCASTER AFFECTING LANCASTER COUNTY.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING.
PAC071-011730-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0006.250701T1012Z-250701T2136Z/
/LNCP1.1.ER.250701T1012Z.250701T1200Z.250701T1536Z.NO/
122 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONESTOGA RIVER AT LANCASTER.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, GROFFTOWN ROAD WILL FLOOD.
AT 13.0 FEET, SEVERAL HOMES ARE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER.
AT 14.0 FEET, THE FOOTBRIDGE NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF STAUFFER RUN
BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET AND RISING
RAPIDLY.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO AROUND 12
FEET THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING TO AROUND 10 FEET THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THAT WILL
PUSH THE RIVER BACK UP TO AROUND 11 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4013 7625 4010 7621 4003 7625 3999 7630
4002 7635 4009 7629
DANGELO
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