Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
Thu, Sep 8, 2011, 12:59 AM EDT:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... DAUPHIN COUNTY... LANCASTER COUNTY... LEBANON COUNTY... YORK COUNTY...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT...
* AT 1252 AM EDT FLOODING WAS ONGOING ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNING AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... WITH ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION... AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PUSH STREAMS AND CREEKS TO ALMOST RECORD LEVELS IN SOME CASES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO SEVERE FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARRISBURG... LANCASTER... ELIZABETHTOWN... RED LION... YORK... FREDERICKSBURG AND LEBANON.
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.