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WGUS81 KCTP 231910
FLSCTP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
210 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA...
SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN AFFECTING DAUPHIN COUNTY.
.AN ICE JAM ON THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER COULD CAUSE WATER AND ICE TO
INFILTRATE THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE SWATARA CREEK AND ADJACENT RIVER
AREAS IN THE VICINITY OF MIDDLETOWN.
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 TUESDAY MORNING.
PAC043-241200-
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210 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...SWATARA CREEK ABOVE MIDDLETOWN.
* WHEN...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 1:30 PM EST MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM CREEK STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:30 PM EST MONDAY WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...ICE JAM FLOODING IS INHERENTLY DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN CREEK AND RIVER
LEVELS DEPENDING ON ICE JAM BEHAVIOR.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.6 FEET ON 04/05/2024.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4026 7676 4024 7668 4019 7669 4016 7672
4018 7675
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