A rare Flash Flood Emergency warning of “life-threatening flash flooding” was issued by the National Weather Service office in State College, Pennsylvania on Monday night for northern Lancaster County and parts of Lebanon County due to severe storms bringing heavy rain to the area. Video footage from Mountville, Pennsylvania, late Monday showed local roads being inundated with water. Firefighters from Manheim Township shared photos of multiple water rescues they conducted that evening. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office also shared an NWS alert confirming that local law enforcement had conducted water rescues. The NWS reported that between 3 and 5 inches of rain had fallen since Monday, with an additional 2 inches expected on Tuesday. Lancaster saw 3.62 inches of rain on Monday, marking it as the city’s 10th-wettest day on record and the eighth-wettest June day. The NWS identified low-water crossings and low-lying areas as particularly hazardous. The State Department of Transportation reported a blocked section of State Route 30 in Lancaster County due to a downed tree, and flooding had closed part of State Route 72 near Cornwall, about 27 miles east of Harrisburg, early Tuesday morning. Another round of severe weather was anticipated for later on Tuesday as a cold front moved through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions. Flash flooding had occurred earlier on Monday in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where streets were submerged, and a parking garage’s lower level was flooded. Security camera footage from Carlisle captured strong wind gusts damaging the back parking lot of a local emergency services station, leaving tree branches scattered across the area after the worst gusts had subsided. According to the FOX Forecast Center, this Flash Flood Emergency marked the eighth such warning issued in the country this past month.
