WEATHER ALERT: FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 8:45 pm NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 540 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 537 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ON-GOING FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...WITH MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA NOW OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHAMBERSBURG...GREENCASTLE...ST. THOMAS... MERCERSBURG...MARION... FORT LOUDON...CLAYLICK...STATE LINE...WILLIAMSON...UPTON AND WHITETAIL SKI AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA BY 8 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:48:46 +0000
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