Our area will be under a flood watch effective Tuesday evening (April 29, 2014) to Thursday morning.
Today’s weather will remain partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain after 7 PM. Today’s temperatures will range between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tuesday calls for a 70 percent chance of rain for most of the day.
Wednesday’s weather will call for heavy rainfall throughout the day. Rain is expected to end Wednesday night.
In addition, our area will also be in a high pollen level warning from Wednesday to Tuesday.

The National Weather Service in State College issued the warning. The warning reads:
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… FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS… ADAMS… COLUMBIA… CUMBERLAND… DAUPHIN… FRANKLIN… FULTON… HUNTINGDON… JUNIATA… LANCASTER… LEBANON… MIFFLIN… MONTOUR… NORTHUMBERLAND… PERRY… SCHUYLKILL… SNYDER… UNION AND YORK.

* FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING.

* RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN… EVEN SPREAD OUT OVER A FEW DAYS… WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING. LOCAL MINOR FLOODING IS ALMOST CERTAIN… AND MANY OF THE LARGER TRIBUTARIES COULD ALSO EXCEED FLOOD STAGES. AT THIS POINT… THE MAIN STEM SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO FLOOD. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR IS BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS… CREEKS… POOR DRAINAGE… URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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