* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
FOR... NORTHEASTERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... WESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... EASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHWESTERN LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 716 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AN INCH OR TWO MORE IS POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BLOOMSBURG...POTTSVILLE...BERWICK...SHAMOKIN...MOUNT CARMEL... SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...SHENANDOAH...DANVILLE...MINERSVILLE... FRACKVILLE...ST. CLAIR...KULPMONT...ASHLAND...ELYSBURG...PINE GROVE...FAIRVIEW-FERNDALE...HUGHESVILLE...RIVERSIDE...TREVORTON AND LYKENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.