808  
WGUS61 KCTP 030641  
FFACTP  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA  
241 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024  
 
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-  
056>059-063>066-040000-  
/O.CON.KCTP.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-240404T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-  
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-  
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-  
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-  
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-  
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GETTYSBURG, EMPORIUM, CLEARFIELD,  
CHAMBERSBURG, SUNBURY, MCCONNELLSBURG, SELINSGROVE, JOHNSTOWN,  
BEDFORD, MIFFLINTOWN, ALTOONA, STATE COLLEGE, ST. MARYS,  
SOMERSET, LEBANON, WARREN, HUNTINGDON, BRADFORD, CARLISLE,  
WELLSBORO, HARRISBURG, RIDGWAY, MOUNT UNION, DUBOIS, LAPORTE,  
LOCK HAVEN, PHILIPSBURG, NEWPORT, COUDERSPORT, POTTSVILLE,  
LEWISTOWN, MANSFIELD, LEWISBURG, HERSHEY, BERWICK, SHAMOKIN,  
YORK, DANVILLE, TROUT RUN, RENOVO, WILLIAMSPORT, LANCASTER, AND  
BLOOMSBURG  
241 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
AREAS, ADAMS, BEDFORD, BLAIR, CAMBRIA, CAMERON, CLEARFIELD,  
COLUMBIA, CUMBERLAND, DAUPHIN, ELK, FRANKLIN, FULTON, HUNTINGDON,  
JUNIATA, LANCASTER, LEBANON, MCKEAN, MIFFLIN, MONTOUR, NORTHERN  
CENTRE, NORTHERN CLINTON, NORTHERN LYCOMING, NORTHUMBERLAND,  
PERRY, POTTER, SCHUYLKILL, SNYDER, SOMERSET, SOUTHERN CENTRE,  
SOUTHERN CLINTON, SOUTHERN LYCOMING, SULLIVAN, TIOGA, UNION,  
WARREN AND YORK.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. CREEKS  
AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL  
PENNSYLVANIA AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN. EXCESSIVE  
RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND  
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN  
POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES ON TOP OF  
THE 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL  
MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RISK OF INUNDATION AND RIVER FLOODING  
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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