Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Flood Advisory / Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued


The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch and Flood Advisory for
Tuesday.


Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 119 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POTTSVILLE...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...ST. CLAIR...TAMAQUA...COALDALE...
DELANO...FRIEDENSBURG...GRIER CITY-PARK CREST...HOMETOWN...LOCUST
LAKE STATE PARK...MARLIN...MCKEANSBURG...MCADOO...NEW
PHILADELPHIA...ORWIGSBURG...PINE GROVE...PORT CARBON...
RENNINGERS...SELTZER AND SNYDERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA

ADAMS BEDFORD BERKS
BLAIR BRADFORD BUCKS
CAMBRIA CAMERON CARBON
CENTRE CHESTER CLEARFIELD
CLINTON COLUMBIA CUMBERLAND
DAUPHIN DELAWARE ELK
FRANKLIN FULTON HUNTINGDON
JUNIATA LACKAWANNA LANCASTER
LEBANON LEHIGH LUZERNE
LYCOMING MCKEAN MIFFLIN
MONROE MONTGOMERY MONTOUR
NORTHAMPTON NORTHUMBERLAND PERRY
PHILADELPHIA PIKE POTTER
SCHUYLKILL SNYDER SOMERSET
SULLIVAN SUSQUEHANNA TIOGA
UNION WARREN WAYNE
WYOMING YORK

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Flash Flood Watch

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...
FRANKLIN...LANCASTER...LEBANON...PERRY...SCHUYLKILL AND YORK.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* NUMEROUS TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MAY TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT PRODUCING LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINS OVER 2
INCHES.

* FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS IS
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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