THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME PLACES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY - FLOODING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HARRISBURG...LEBANON...LOWER ALLEN...BLOOMSBURG...POTTSVILLE... HERSHEY...COLONIAL PARK...BERWICK...PROGRESS...MIDDLETOWN...CAMP HILL...SHAMOKIN...PALMYRA...NEW CUMBERLAND...TAMAQUA... LINGLESTOWN...ENOLA...STEELTON...MOUNT CARMEL AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTOAREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLYDEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFULENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODEDROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.