FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 525 PM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
YORK COUNTY...
ADAMS COUNTY...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EST...
* AT 516 PM EST...RECENT RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW HAVE COMBINED TO
CREATE SOME MINOR FLOODING ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR
THE CITY OF YORK.
* LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YORK...DALLASTOWN AND RED LION.
OTHER LOCATIONS LIKE HANOVER AND GETTYSBURG MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME
MINOR FLOODING. ANY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO STAY MINOR AND IS MOST
LIKELY IN URBAN LOCATIONS WHERE STORM DRAINS MAY BE CLOGGED.
RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF SHORTLY. THE CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA
WILL STAY HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT
HOMES OR BUSINESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY BE
ELEVATED OR EVEN RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE
MINIMAL. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE
IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.
THE RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
LAT...LON 3973 7700 3973 7745 3994 7743 4017 7683
3973 7627
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FORECASTER: DANGELO
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