KCSD Closes Schools Due to Heavy Rains, Flood Warnings
Football Games to be Re-Scheduled
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP — The Keystone Central School District has closed all schools today due to heavy overnight rain and the call for additional storms in the area.
The district first announced a two hour delay but followed that up with word that all KCSD schools are closed “due to rain and localized flooding.” The district post said offices will open at noon and urged care in traveling through low-lying areas.
The scheduled Hollidaysburg at Central Mountain and Cowanesque Valley at Bucktail football games have been postponed, makeup dates and times to be announced later.
Meanwhile the National Weather Service in State College has issued two flood advisories, the first for much of central Pennsylvania:
FLOOD WARNING FROM 7:24AM EDT FRI UNTIL 10:15AM EDT FRI
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN… NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… CENTRAL CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SOUTHEASTERN TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… CENTRAL LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… NORTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 717 AM EDT… EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT ONGOING FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA… ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND MILESBURG. THE FLOODING IS FROM THE 3 TO AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVERNIGHT. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE… HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… JERSEY SHORE… BELLEFONTE… LOCK HAVEN… WILLIAMSPORT… STATE COLLEGE… MONTOURSVILLE… MACKEYVILLE… FLEMINGTON… DUNNSTOWN… PLEASANT GAP… BALD EAGLE STATE PARK… SHUNK… TROUT RUN… KETTLE CREEK GORGE… PARK FOREST VILLAGE… RALSTON… STORMSTOWN… HOUSERVILLE… COGAN STATION AND MCELHATTAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
And a flood warning until 8 p.m. Sunday along Bald Eagle Creek:
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BALD EAGLE CREEK NEAR BEECH CREEK STATION. * AT 5 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET AND FALLING. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 12.8 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 13.0 FEET… HOMES IN THE COTTAGE AREA ARE ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER FROM BALD EAGLE CREEK.
