065  
WGUS81 KCTP 311710  
FLSCTP  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA  
110 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 THIS EVENING.  
 

 
 
PAC075-107-010000-  
/O.CON.KCTP.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250601T0000Z/  
/HTVP1.1.ER.250531T1358Z.250531T1636Z.250531T1800Z.NO/  
110 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 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 12:36 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 12:36 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 9.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST JUST UNDER 10 FEET  
AND THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.  
- 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  
 
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