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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... EAST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 425 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO HAS TOTALED NEARLY 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE HARRISBURG METRO AREA...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS LOCATIONS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF HARRISBURG.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ELIZABETHTOWN...PALMYRA...MIDDLETOWN...WEIGELSTOWN...YORK... HUMMELSTOWN...MOUNT JOY...HERSHEY...LEBANON...MANHEIM...CORNWALL... ANNVILLE...SPRY...MYERSTOWN...COLUMBIA...HANOVER...STEELTON... PLEASANT HILL...VALLEY GREEN AND SHILOH.

* AFFECTED AREAS: YORK

Instructions:

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.