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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN... ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... JUNIATA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EST THURSDAY

* AT 107 AM EST...AUTOMATED REPORTING GAUGES INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS WERE RISING QUICKLY...NEARING OR EXCEEDING BANKFULL IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THESE STREAMS IS THE RESULT OF SNOWMELT...COMBINED WITH SLIGHTLY OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. WATER LEVELS ON THESE QUICKLY RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BEGIN CRESTING SOON SINCE NO ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL OCCUR AND COOLER...DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY. THERE IS LITTLE THREAT AT THIS TIME FOR MORE WIDESPREAD OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO SECONDARY ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDE... YORK CHAMBERSBURG...WEIGELSTOWN...NEW CUMBERLAND...PARKVILLE...MOUNT JOY...ENOLA...MYERSTOWN...LEBANON...MANHEIM...SHIPPENSBURG... ANNVILLE...HANOVER...GETTYSBURG...LEMOYNE...MIDDLETOWN... HUMMELSTOWN...MILLERSVILLE...MECHANICSBURG...DALLASTOWN AND HERSHEY.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS ... CUMBERLAND ... DAUPHIN ... FRANKLIN ... JUNIATA ... LANCASTER ... LEBANON ... PERRY ... YORK

Instructions:

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.