09/01/2021
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
⚠️Flash Flood Warning⚠️
National Weather Service State College PA
1204 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in State College has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning 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 600 PM EDT.
* At 1204 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.75 to 1.25
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.