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Gettysburg National Military Park
Wednesday September 1st, 2021 :: 11:30 p.m. EDT

Alert

Flood Warning until 03:00AM Thursday

The National Weather Service in State College has extended the

* Flood Warning for Urban area and small stream in... Juniata County in central Pennsylvania... Schuylkill 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 300 AM EDT.

* At 1129 PM EDT, gauge reports indicated an area of very heavy rainfall fell across the warned area earlier today. Between 3 and 8 inches of rain was reported. The heavy rain has since ended, but flooding is still ongoing.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Lancaster, Harrisburg, York, Lebanon, Chambersburg, Carlisle, Lower Allen, Hanover, Pottsville, Hershey, Ephrata, Colonial Park, Weigelstown, Elizabethtown, Waynesboro, Columbia, Progress, Lititz, Mechanicsburg and Middletown.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ADAMS, PA ... CUMBERLAND, PA ... DAUPHIN, PA ... FRANKLIN, PA ... JUNIATA, PA ... LANCASTER, PA ... LEBANON, PA ... PERRY, PA ... SCHUYLKILL, PA ... YORK, PA

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.

Address/Location
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 717-334-1124

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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 Warning

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