FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PARTS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY

A driver travels through a pothole at the intersection of Hunter and West Broad Street this evening.
A driver travels through a pothole at the intersection of Hunter and West Broad Street in Tamaqua this evening.

The National Weather Service in State College has issued a flash flood warning until 9 PM tonight (Monday, May 18, 2015) for southwestern Schuylkill County in Central Pennsylvania and central Lebanon County in South central Pennsylvania.

Click HERE to view a motion map of the rain via Weather.com.

Below is the warning:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… CENTRAL LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA… SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA…
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 635 PM EDT… DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN LEBANON AND SOUTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY… FROM ANNVILLE… TO JONESTOWN AND PINE GROVE. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR IN THIS SAME AREA… WITH OVER 4 INCHES FALLING NEAR AND JUST TO THE WEST OF PINE GROVE OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS… FLOODED INTERSECTIONS ON AREA ROADS… AND FLOODED BASEMENTS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS EARLY THIS EVENING AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TRACK SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE WARMED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… LEBANON… PALMYRA… ANNVILLE… MYERSTOWN… PLEASANT HILL… SAND HILL… NEWMANSTOWN… LEBANON SOUTH… PINE GROVE… CLEONA… TREMONT… AVON… RICHLAND… FREDERICKSBURG… FRIEDENSBURG… DONALDSON… LICKDALE… FORT INDIANTOWN GAP… HARPER TAVERN AND JONESTOWN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND… DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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