iNWS Alert

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Radar valid at 252 am EDT, Sep 4th 2021

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Pennsylvania... Frankstown Branch Of The Juniata At Williamsburg affecting Huntingdon and Blair Counties. Juniata River At Huntingdon affecting Huntingdon County. Juniata River At Lewistown affecting Mifflin and Juniata Counties. Raystown Branch Juniata At Saxton affecting Bedford and Huntingdon Counties. Aughwick Creek At Shirleysburg affecting Huntingdon County. Penns Creek Near Penns Creek affecting Union and Snyder Counties. Sherman Creek At Shermans Dale affecting Perry County. Conodoguinet Creek Near Hogestown affecting Cumberland County. Yellow Breeches Creek Near Camp Hill affecting Cumberland and York Counties. Swatara Creek Above Middletown affecting Dauphin County. Swatara Creek At Harper Tavern affecting Schuylkill and Lebanon Counties. Swatara Creek Near Hershey affecting Lebanon and Dauphin Counties. Conestoga River At Lancaster affecting Lancaster and York Counties. For the Frankstown Branch Juniata River...including Williamsburg... Major flooding is forecast. For the Juniata River...including Huntingdon, Lewistown...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Raystown Branch Juniata River...including Saxton...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Aughwick Creek...including Shirleysburg...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Penns Creek...including Penns Creek...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Sherman Creek...including Shermans Dale...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Conodoguinet Creek...including Hogestown...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Yellow Breeches Creek...including Camp Hill...Moderate flooding is forecast. For the Swatara Creek...including Middletown, Harper Tavern, Hershey...Minor to major flooding is forecast. For the Conestoga River...including Lancaster...Moderate flooding is forecast.

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1232 AM EDT Thu Sep 2 2021

...The Flood Warning is now in effect until early Saturday morning...

The Flood Warning continues for
the Swatara Creek Above Middletown.
* From Wednesday, September 01 to early Saturday morning.
* At 11:41 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 11.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending
at 11:41 PM EDT Wednesday was 11.1 feet.
* Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 14.3 feet
Thursday afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Friday
evening.
* Impact...At 11.0 feet, Minor overbank flooding begins near the
Vine Street Bridge downstream to the Susquehanna River.
* Impact...At 12.0 feet, Both banks overflow upstream of the Vine
Street Bridge and several basements are affected.
* Impact...At 15.0 feet, Flooding begins in the vicinity of Few
Avenue and near the community swimming pool.
* Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.6
feet on 04/18/2011.


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LAT...LON 4026 7676 4024 7668 4019 7669 4016 7672
4018 7675

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