Thursday, August 20, 2015

Flash Flood Watch Issued for Schuylkill County

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ADAMS...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...
LANCASTER...LEBANON...SCHUYLKILL AND YORK.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3-5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS THUS FAR TO THE NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

* NUMEROUS SHOWERS...AND SOME BRIEFLY TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BRING ADDITIONAL...BUT HIGHLY LOCALIZED 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.