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WGUS81 KCTP 311346
FLSCTP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
946 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA...
SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN AFFECTING LEBANON AND SCHUYLKILL
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EVEN 6 INCHES OF FAST-MOVING FLOOD WATER CAN KNOCK YOU OFF YOUR FEET
AND A DEPTH OF 2 FEET WILL FLOAT YOUR CAR. NEVER TRY TO WALK, SWIM,
OR DRIVE THROUGH SUCH SWIFT WATER. IF YOU COME UPON FLOOD WATERS,
STOP, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
PAC075-107-010000-
/O.EXT.KCTP.FL.W.0005.250531T1346Z-250601T0000Z/
/HTVP1.1.ER.250531T1800Z.250531T1800Z.250531T1800Z.NO/
946 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, SEVERAL DRIVEWAYS AND OTHER MINOR ROADWAYS
ARE AFFECTED. WATER BEGINS TO ENTER SOME BASEMENTS.
AT 10.0 FEET, HIGH WATER ISOLATES SEVERAL HOUSES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.0
FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
9.1 FEET ON 05/08/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4059 7648 4052 7639 4037 7647 4034 7659
4038 7663 4043 7658
DANGELO -ADJUSTED START TIME OF WARNING TO CURRENT TIME-
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