Flood Advisory until 02:00AM Monday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 230 AM EDT
* AT 1132 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE BRIEF...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ON AREA ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HYDROPLANING. SLOW DOWN BEFORE THE TORRENTIAL RAINS HIT...AND USE YOUR EMERGENCY FLASHERS TO BE BETTER VISIBLE TO FOLLOWING VEHICLES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ANNVILLE...CAMP HILL...CARLISLE...COLONIAL PARK...CORNWALL...EAST PETERSBURG...ELIZABETHTOWN...ENOLA...EPHRATA...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...HUMMELSTOWN...LEBANON...LEMOYNE...LINGLESTOWN...LITITZ... LOWER ALLEN...MANHEIM...MECHANICSBURG AND MIDDLETOWN.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CUMBERLAND ... DAUPHIN ... FRANKLIN ... LANCASTER ... LEBANON ... YORK
Instructions:
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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