Flood Advisory until 05:45PM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 412 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY AND THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... AKRON...ANNVILLE...COLONIAL PARK...CORNWALL...EAST PETERSBURG... ELIZABETHTOWN...EPHRATA...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN... LEBANON...LEMOYNE...LINGLESTOWN...LITITZ...LOWER ALLEN...MANHEIM... MIDDLETOWN...MOUNT JOY...MYERSTOWN AND NEW CUMBERLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MAKE MINOR FLOODING. IF THE RAIN BECOMES HEAVIER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY
* AFFECTED AREAS: YORK
Instructions:
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
Address/Location
Northeastern York County Emergency Management Agency
5080 N Sherman St Ext
Mount Wolf, PA 17347
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 717-577-1844
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP NEAEM followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Advisory