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WGUS41 KCTP 040102
FLWCTP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
902 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
SWATARA CREEK NEAR HERSHEY AFFECTING DAUPHIN AND LEBANON COUNTIES.
SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING DAUPHIN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.
PAC043-075-041315-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0021.240404T0215Z-240404T1930Z/
/HERP1.1.ER.240404T0215Z.240404T0600Z.240404T1330Z.NO/
902 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK NEAR HERSHEY.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, THE RIGHT, OR NORTH BANK BEGINS TO
OVERFLOW. SEVERAL ROADWAYS UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE ARE AFFECTED BY
HIGH WATER.
AT 8.0 FEET, THE RIGHT, OR NORTH BANK OVERFLOWS. SEVERAL ROADS ARE
AFFECTED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:31 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST JUST ABOVE 7 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4038 7663 4034 7659 4027 7662 4024 7668
4026 7676 4032 7668
PAC043-041315-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FL.W.0022.240404T0401Z-000000T0000Z/
/MTLP1.1.ER.240404T0401Z.240405T1200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
902 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR OVER BANK FLOODING BEGINS NEAR THE
VINE STREET BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM TO THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.
AT 12.0 FEET, BOTH BANKS OVERFLOW UPSTREAM OF THE VINE STREET
BRIDGE AND SEVERAL BASEMENTS ARE AFFECTED.
AT 15.0 FEET, FLOODING BEGINS IN THE VICINITY OF FEW AVENUE AND
NEAR THE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST
BETWEEN 13 AND 14 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4026 7676 4024 7668 4019 7669 4016 7672
4018 7675
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