- Wednesday September 1st, 2021 :: 09:46 a.m. EDT
Flood Advisory until 02:45PM
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a
* Flood Advisory 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 245 PM EDT.
* At 945 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated a large area of heavy rain moving slowly north over the advisory area. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area.
* Some locations that will experience 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. Additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches is expected over the area by mid afternoon. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, PA ... COLUMBIA, PA ... CUMBERLAND, PA ... DAUPHIN, PA ... FRANKLIN, PA ... JUNIATA, PA ... LANCASTER, PA ... LEBANON, PA ... MIFFLIN, PA ... MONTOUR, PA ... NORTHUMBERLAND, PA ... PERRY, PA ... SCHUYLKILL, PA ... SNYDER, PA ... UNION, PA ... YORK, PA
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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