Flood Warning Issued For Swatara Creek

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE, PA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN (Lebanon County) * FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. *


AT 2 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...4.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CREST NEAR 11.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 12.0 FEET...A NUMBER OF SECONDARY ROADS ARE CLOSED...RESULTING IN SOME EVACUATIONS. A FEW HOMES ARE FLOODED.