East Lampeter Township, PA Office of Emergency Management

03/16/2026

Tornado watch

The national weather center has issued a tornado watch in effect for central Pennsylvania until 7 PM this evening.

02/21/2026

The national weather service has issued a winter storm watch where the central PA region. Heavy snow is possible from early Sunday morning into Monday morning with accumulations of 4 to 6 inches. Travel will difficult and may impact the Monday morning commute.

Please make extra time to travel to work.

07/15/2025

Please be careful while out there driving. Make sure you know your surroundings, specially with water on the roadways.
If you see water on the roadway and it’s deep turn around and don’t drown.

In addition, make sure your residential property that your drains and rain spouts are free of debris. You don’t need to have issues at home with flooding in the basement or leaky roof due to clogged drains or rain spouts. 

07/01/2025

More severe weather on its way for later this afternoon into the night.

There is also a flash flood warning still in fact.

There are some roadways that are closed due to high water on the road.

Do not enter barricaded road closures due to high water.

If you see large amount of water on a roadway, don’t take a chance and driving through it because you may become stranded and you could possibly drown.

So turn around and don’t drown

Couple things that you could do around your house and property is make sure all your drains and spouts are clean of debris this will
ensure that proper drainage of the water. Remember, poor drainage could cause flooding.

07/01/2025

Weather alert

07/01/2025

Weather alert 

05/30/2025

Weather Alert 🚨

Make sure your drains and spouts are clean because more rain is coming today.

Heavy rainfall will move across southeast Pennsylvania later this evening into the overnight hours, with 1 to 3 inches of rain expected.

Locally heavy rainfall could result in flash flooding, especially southeast of US-30 from Gettysburg eastward.

A Flood Watch is in effect for Adams, York, and Lancaster County from 7PM Friday through 5AM Saturday.

For more information, see attached briefing or view it online at https://www.weather.gov/media/ctp/Briefing/briefing.pdf. You can also find additional weather information at https://www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or https://www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief.

State College Pittsburgh Cleveland (OH) Philadelphia Binghamton (NY)

03/23/2024

Weather Advisory

A quick-moving system will bring significant rain to the Lower Susquehanna Valley and a wintry mix of wet snow, sleet and light freezing rain to northern PA. This system will be followed by gusty northwesterly winds this afternoon into tonight, with gusts of 35-45 mph possible across primarily eastern PA.

Important changes: Added rainfall and snowfall maps.

For more information, see attached briefing or view it online at https://www.weather.gov/media/ctp/Briefing/briefing.pdf. You can also find additional weather information at https://www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or https://www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief.

State College Pittsburgh Cleveland (OH) Philadelphia Binghamton (NY)

03/10/2024

Weather Advisory

Active weather will continue today through Monday evening.
Lake effect and upslope snow will result in several inches of accumulation today into tonight across NW PA and the Laurel Highlands.
Scattered snow squalls are possible today into this evening, creating brief whiteout conditions and the potential for flash freeze impacts on highways (mainly along and north/west of I-80/I-99 corridor).
Winds will be strong and gusty today through early Monday evening, with the potential for tree damage and power outages.

Important Updates:
Minor changes to snowfall forecast
Threat for small stream flooding has ended

National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)
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For more information, see attached briefing or view it online at https://www.weather.gov/media/ctp/Briefing/briefing.pdf. You can also find additional weather information at https://www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or https://www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief.

Estimated time of next update: 6 PM Sunday, 3/10/24

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Immediate Questions? Call us at 814-954-6440. [Use Option 9].
We can also be reached 24/7 on NWSChat.

NWS State College

A fast moving storm will produce accumulating snow from upstate New York into portions of New England today. Widespread lake effect snow showers will be expected downwind of the Great Lakes through Saturday. Accumulating snow is also expected from the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic. The West wil...

02/27/2024

Weather alert 🚨

FYI - a sign of spring, and that winter is not over just yet.

A strong cold front will track through Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, bringing locally heavy rainfall along with a few thunderstorms. Strong winds will develop behind the front with gusts of 30 to 40 mph expected for all of Central PA and higher gusts of 40 to 50 mph expected for the Laurel Highlands.

02/16/2024

Weather Alert 🚨

The national weather service in state college has issued a winter storm warning for Lancaster County starting tonight and ending Saturday morning.



PAZ036-063>066-170900- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0004.240217T0000Z-240217T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WS.W.0006.240217T0200Z-240217T1400Z/ Franklin-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- Including the cities of Chambersburg, Carlisle, Gettysburg, York, and Lancaster 139 PM EST Fri Feb 16 2024 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches. * WHERE...Franklin, Cumberland, Adams, York and Lancaster Counties. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 9 AM EST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission strongly encourage motorists to heed all travel restrictions and delay unnecessary travel as significant winter weather conditions will make travel very hazardous. Call 5 1 1 or visit www.511pa.com for the latest travel, roadway and traffic conditions. To report snow or ice, post to the NWS State College page, use Twitter , or visit weather.gov/ctp. &&

Two storm systems will bring locally heavy rain near the coast of the Pacific Northwest, and heavy high elevation snowfall into the Intermountain West through the weekend. A fast moving clipper-type storm will bring accumulating snow across the Great Lakes today and into New England tonight and Frid...

02/11/2024

FYI- We knew that winter was not over yet despite the recent warm and springlike weather. 🙁

A winter storm is still expected to disrupt travel Monday night and Tuesday morning.

Important changes: Shifted the area of heaviest snow northward, and lowered snow amounts in the south.

For more information, see attached briefing or view it online at https://www.weather.gov/media/ctp/Briefing/briefing.pdf. You can also find additional weather information at https://www.weather.gov/ctp/briefing or https://www.weather.gov/ctp/selfbrief.