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River Flood Warning
Issued: 6:42 AM Aug. 28, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Conestoga River at Lancaster.

* WHEN...From early this morning to this evening.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Grofftown Road will flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:15 AM EDT Friday the stage was 6.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage to a
crest of 11.7 feet later this morning. It will then fall below
flood stage this afternoon.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Flood Warning
Issued: 3:14 AM Aug. 28, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...Central Dauphin County in south central Pennsylvania...
Northern Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania...
Lebanon County in south central Pennsylvania...

* WHEN...Until 500 AM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1112 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches of
rain has fallen.
- Additional brief downpours remain possible overnight, but the
heaviest rain has ended.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Hershey, Ephrata, Colonial Park,
Progress, Lititz, Willow Street, Palmyra, Linglestown, Steelton,
New Holland, Manheim, Annville, Hummelstown and East Petersburg.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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