This alert was cancelled at 5:45 p.m. by National Weather Service.
A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Schuylkill County until 6 p.m.
National Weather Service issued the Warning at 12:06 p.m. Wednesday as heavy rain from former Hurricane Ida has already begun inundating the area, causing closed roadways due to flooding and trees down.
Another 1-3 inches of rain is expected to fall over the area in the Flash Flood Warning area by 6 p.m.
NWS advises people not to travel during this time unless they’re trying to flee a flooding area.
Schuylkill County joins others in the Flash Flood Warning:
- Columbia
- Juniata
- Mifflin
- Montour
- Northumberland
- Snyder
- Union
- Adams
- Cumberland
- Dauphin
- Franklin
- Lancaster
- Lebanon
- Perry
- York
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