* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 537 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR JUST TO THE WEST OF PINE GROVE WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN 530 PM AND 630 PM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LEBANON...MYERSTOWN...SAND HILL...PINE GROVE...TREMONT... FREDERICKSBURG...TOWER CITY...FRIEDENSBURG...LICKDALE...HARPER TAVERN...FORT INDIANTOWN GAP...JONESTOWN...RAVINE...MUIR...ORWIN AND ONO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.