FLOOD WATCH

…EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE IN
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…

.WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS HAS ALREADY CAUSED FLOOD
ISSUES AND MADE THE REGION MORE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. INTENSE
NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED BANDS WILL BRING ADDITIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO
THE REGION. RAIN-BANDS MOVING OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MORE FLOODING. RAPID RAINFALL RATES ARE
POSSIBLE WHICH COULD PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING…

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS…ADAMS…BEDFORD…BLAIR…CAMBRIA…CAMERON…
CLEARFIELD…COLUMBIA…CUMBERLAND…DAUPHIN…ELK…
FRANKLIN…FULTON…HUNTINGDON…JUNIATA…LANCASTER…
LEBANON…MCKEAN…MIFFLIN…MONTOUR…NORTHERN CENTRE…
NORTHERN CLINTON…NORTHERN LYCOMING…NORTHUMBERLAND…
PERRY…POTTER…SCHUYLKILL…SNYDER…SOMERSET…SOUTHERN
CENTRE…SOUTHERN CLINTON…SOUTHERN LYCOMING…SULLIVAN…
TIOGA…UNION…WARREN AND YORK.

* THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES…WITH
LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLOODING WILL IMPACT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WHICH MAY CROSS
ROADS. FIELDS WILL LIKELY FLOOD AND DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER
RAINFALL LOW LYING AREAS…ROADS…AND UNDER PASSES WILL SEE
FLOODING.