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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
552 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING DAUPHIN COUNTY.
.AN ICE JAM WILL CAUSE WATER TO INFILTRATE THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
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552 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR OVERBANK 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 AM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:30 AM EST MONDAY WAS 11.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...ICE JAM FLOODING IS INHERENTLY DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS
DEPENDING ON ICE JAM BEHAVIOR.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4026 7676 4024 7668 4019 7669 4016 7672
4018 7675
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