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WGUS81 KCTP 311914
FLSCTP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
314 PM 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...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES, DIPS, OR
LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM, EVEN A
SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE OVER
HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE THIS EVENING.
PAC075-107-010700-
/O.EXT.KCTP.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250601T0655Z/
/HTVP1.1.ER.250531T1358Z.250531T1815Z.250601T0055Z.NO/
314 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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 3:15 PM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.83 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 3:15 PM EDT SATURDAY WAS 9.83 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 3.1 FEET EARLY
TUESDAY 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
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