A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect across the area through much of the overnight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the early overnight hours...with locally heavy downpours possible.
Forecast for Union
Updated: 8:08 PM EDT on July 11, 2009
Rest of Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms...then just a slight chance of a shower after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Less humid with highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Montour County... northeastern Snyder County... Schuylkill County... Northumberland County... Columbia County... eastern Union County...
* until 430 am EDT Sunday...
* at 1027 PM EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar estimates and rain gage reports indicated very heavy rain of 2 to 3 inches from numerous training thunderstorms that have occurred through this evening across Columbia... eastern Union... Montour... northeastern Snyder... Northumberland and Schuylkill counties. Additional thunderstorms will bring another 1 to 1.5 inches of rain to portions of the warned area overnight.
* Locations in the warning include but are not limited to Danville... Selinsgrove... Ashland... Frackville... Mahanoy City... Minersville... Pottsville... Schuylkill Haven... Shenandoah... St. Clair... Tamaqua... Kulpmont... Milton... Mount Carmel... Northumberland... Shamokin... Sunbury... Bloomsburg... Lewisburg and Mifflinburg.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. If flash flooding is observed act quickly. Move up to higher ground to escape flood waters. Do not stay in areas subject to flooding when water begins rising.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where you are relative to streams... rivers... or creeks which can become killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or creeks.
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued an
* urban and small stream flood advisory for... central Montour County... northeastern Snyder County... central Northumberland County... eastern Union County...
* until 1245 am EDT...
* at 949 PM EDT Doppler radar indicated heavy rain was falling due to training thunderstorms. Doppler radar estimates that 1 to 2 inches of rain has fallen in the past few hours from near Kratzerville... northwest to Mifflinburg and Laurelton center. Expect minor flooding of poor drainage areas and small streams to begin shortly.
* Locations in the advisory include but are not limited to Freeburg... Selinsgrove... Herndon... Northumberland... Shamokin... Snydertown... Sunbury... Lewisburg... Mifflinburg and New Berlin.
Additional heavy rain of up to one inch is possible through midnight across the advisory area from heavy showers and a few thunderstorms.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A flood advisory means that although streams and creeks may be elevated or even rise out of their banks... property damage will be minimal. Inconveniences can be expected but the flooding will not be immediately life threatening.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of floods.
Be prepared to take action if the flooding threat increases... or a Flash Flood Warning is issued.