Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
1204 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Columbia County in central Pennsylvania...
Juniata County in central Pennsylvania...
Mifflin County in central Pennsylvania...
Montour County in central Pennsylvania...
Northumberland County in central Pennsylvania...
Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania...
Snyder County in central Pennsylvania...
Union County in central Pennsylvania...
Adams County in south central Pennsylvania...
Cumberland County in south central Pennsylvania...
Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania...
Franklin County in south central Pennsylvania...
Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania...
Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania...
Perry County in south central Pennsylvania...
York County in south central Pennsylvania...
* Until 600 PM EDT.
* At 1204 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.75 to 1.25
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Lancaster, Harrisburg, York, Lebanon, Chambersburg, Carlisle,
Lower Allen, Hanover, Bloomsburg, Pottsville, Hershey, Ephrata,
Colonial Park, Weigelstown, Elizabethtown, Waynesboro, Berwick,
Columbia, Sunbury and Progress.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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LAT...LON 4040 7791 4058 7782 4073 7768 4085 7737
4115 7696 4116 7659 4131 7641 4131 7631
4095 7621 4091 7600 4074 7576 4057 7602
4050 7644 4014 7588 4011 7594 3987 7599
3972 7610 3972 7810 4026 7770 4038 7775
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.75-1.25 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
