Flood Warning Extended for Clinton County
STATE COLLEGE – The National Weather Service has extended its flood warning for much of central Pennsylvania, including Clinton County. The new advisory runs through 6 a.m. Thursday. Meanwhile the weather service forecast says that scattered thunderstorms across the county should end by midnight Wednesday, with improving conditions, sunshine and little chance of rain by Thursday afternoon.
Flooding has been minimal across the county, a few roads dealing with overflow from Fishing Creek, including Country Club Lane leading to Millbrook Playhouse and the Clinton Country Club in Bald Eagle Township.
The latest NWS advisory:
Flood Warning for Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Until 6:00am EDT, Thu Jul 26
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN… CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SOUTHEASTERN CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… WESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… MIFFLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… JUNIATA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… FULTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… * UNTIL 600 AM EDT THURSDAY. * AT 550 PM EDT, FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WARNING AREA. MANY AREAS ARE ALSO UNDER FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHERE THE FLOODING DANGER IS ESPECIALLY HIGH. THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION. ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. FLOODING WILL GET WORSE IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AND MOVE TO THE EAST AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER, FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES ALL NIGHT LONG. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… LANCASTER, HARRISBURG, YORK, WILLIAMSPORT, LEBANON, CHAMBERSBURG, CARLISLE, LOWER ALLEN, HANOVER, BLOOMSBURG, POTTSVILLE, HERSHEY, EPHRATA, COLONIAL PARK, WEIGELSTOWN, ELIZABETHTOWN, WAYNESBORO, BERWICK, COLUMBIA AND SUNBURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
