Flood Watch in effect from late tonight through late Saturday night
...WIDESPREAD HEAVY TO RECORD DAILY RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL BE TRANSPORTED NORTH...UP AND OVER THE SHALLOW UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS ENTRENCHED ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA...CAUSING WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN AND THE RISK FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS. ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ADAMS...BEDFORD...BLAIR...CAMBRIA...CAMERON... CLEARFIELD...COLUMBIA...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...ELK... FRANKLIN...FULTON...HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...LANCASTER... LEBANON...MCKEAN...MIFFLIN...MONTOUR...NORTHERN CENTRE... NORTHERN CLINTON...NORTHERN LYCOMING...NORTHUMBERLAND... PERRY...POTTER...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...SOMERSET...SOUTHERN CENTRE...SOUTHERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN LYCOMING...SULLIVAN... TIOGA...UNION...WARREN AND YORK.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE RAIN SHOULD ACCUMULATE TO BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING. LOCALIZED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY. DAILY RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR JUNE 27 WILL LIKELY BE EXCEEDED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS.
* MANY AREAS WILL SEE CREEKS AND STREAM SWELL AND EXCEED THEIR BANKS. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SMALLER RIVERS MAY ALSO EXCEED BANK FULL. THE LARGER RIVERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS RAIN WITHOUT FLOODING.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS ... BEDFORD ... BLAIR ... CAMBRIA ... CAMERON ... CLEARFIELD ... COLUMBIA ... CUMBERLAND ... DAUPHIN ... ELK ... FRANKLIN ... FULTON ... HUNTINGDON ... JUNIATA ... LANCASTER ... LEBANON ... MCKEAN ... MIFFLIN ... MONTOUR ... NORTHERN CENTRE ... NORTHERN CLINTON ... NORTHERN LYCOMING ... NORTHUMBERLAND ... PERRY ... POTTER ... SCHUYLKILL ... SNYDER ... SOMERSET ... SOUTHERN CENTRE ... SOUTHERN CLINTON ... SOUTHERN LYCOMING ... SULLIVAN ... TIOGA ... UNION ... WARREN ... YORK
Instructions:
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Watch