Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
545 PM EDT    TUE  SEP 8 1987

      ...SOME FLOODING OCCURRING IN LANCASTER COUNTY...

PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. REPORT FROM CO OP OBSERVER INDICATES
THAT QUITE A FEW SMALL CREEKS ARE GOING OVER THEIR BANKS.

RADAR INDICATED SOME QUITE HEAVY RAINS MOVING ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY
AND THIS HEAVY RAIN SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL AT LEAST 7 PM THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGHWAY AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING AND IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BEGIN. ALSO DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED HIGHWAYS...IT COULD BE YOUR LAST TRIP.

END
WSO HAR CURLL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
 600 PM EDT    TUE  SEP 8 1987

 ...VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY...

AT 600 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH
OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL STREAMS AND FARM
CREEKS ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND RESIDENTS
OF THE COUNTY THAT LIVE NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BEGIN.

RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF 51/2 INCHES.

SOME RAIN FALL AMOUNTS FORM THE COUNTY INCLUDE....
LANCASTER...5.12 INCHES
LEOLA...... 5.00

MANOR TWP.... 5.50 INCHES
NEW HOLAND.....4.50
CONESTOGA......5.60

HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
BY AROUND 730 PM THIS EVENING.

CURLL WSO HARRISBURG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
 600 PM EDT    TUE  SEP 8 1987

 ...VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY...

AT 600 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH
OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. SMALL STREAMS AND FARM
CREEKS ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND RESIDENTS
OF THE COUNTY THAT LIVE NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BEGIN.

RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN EXCESS OF 51/2 INCHES.

SOME RAIN FALL AMOUNTS FORM THE COUNTY INCLUDE....
LANCASTER...5.12 INCHES
LEOLA...... 5.00

MANOR TWP.... 5.50 INCHES
NEW HOLAND.....4.50
CONESTOGA......5.60

HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA
BY AROUND 730 PM THIS EVENING.

CURLL WSO HARRISBURG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMANT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
730 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1987

....... FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER COUNTY
        UNTIL 10 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING.....

AT 725 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING SOME PATCHES OF VERY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY AND ALONG THE
LANCASTER...CHESTER COUNTY LINE.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS BERKS COUNTY NEAR READING.

THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH OF
EXTREME EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE BACK OR TRAILING EDGE OF RAIN AREA EXTENDED
FROM NEAR MONTROSE...IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... SOUTH TO NEAR LANCASTER. RAIN

WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH AND ALL THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE
OUT OF LANCASTER COUNTY BY 830 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING.
CURLL WSO HARRISBURG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
815 PM EDT    TUE  SEP 8 1987

 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LANCASTER COUNTY
    UNTIL 10 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...

AT 8 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN IN EXTREME
EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY WITH SOME LIGHTER RAIN IN CENTRAL AREAS OF
THE COUNTY. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH
AND IF THIS SPEED AND DIRECTION CONTINUES..THAN ALL THE RAIN SHOULD
BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 930 THIS EVENING.

MR BILL JOHNSON ...LANCASTER COUNTY EOC...REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE
THAT JUST ABOUT ALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE COUNTY WERE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS AND THE CONESTOGA CREEK AT AROUND 8PM WAS 5 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AND STILL RISING.

ALL RESIDENTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS APPROACH.

IF YOU MUST DRIVE...DO NOT DRIVE THOUGH FLOODED ROADS IT COULD BE
THE LAST TRIP YOU WILL EVER MAK.E.

CURLL WSO HARRISBURG