Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
 815 PM EST    FRI  MAR 14 1986

 ...SOME HEAVY RAINS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY...

WHILE THE HARRISBURG RADAR WAS OBSERVING MAINLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA.. A BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN HAS DEVLOPED FROM NEAR HANCOCK
MARYLAND..NORTH THROUGH MT. HOLLY AND CARISLE TO NEAR SCHUYKILL HAVEN.
  THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

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WS9O HAR CURLL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
 1030 PM EST   FRI  MAR 14 1986

 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS  THE VALLEY...

THE HARRISBURG WEATHER RADAR AT 1025 PM WAS SHOWING A RATHER LARGE AREA
OF MODERATE TO OCCASSINALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLIES AS WELL AS THE SOUTHCENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AREAS.

SO FAR IN HARRISBURG 1 .45 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. SOME SMALL STREAMS
ARE APPROACHING BANKFULL BUT MAJOR STREAMS AND RIVERS..WHILE RISING..
ARE STILL WELL WITHIN THERE BANKS AND NO MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.

RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND BE READY TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 THE HEAVY RAIN NOW IN THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND
20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE GREATER HARRISBURG AREA
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNITE.

RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNUP
SATURDAY.

CURLL WSO HARRISBURG