Lancaster County

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Alerts covering all or part of Lancaster County.

No active alerts in Lancaster County. Checked 23 sec ago.

Outlook for the days ahead

• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 1: General Thunderstorms Risk until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 4: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 5: no risk area over Lancaster County until Oct 7, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

Rainfall forecast

• Day 1 (24 hours): highest in Lancaster County, 0.1 to 0.25 inches issued Oct 2, 5:41 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–3 (72 hours): highest in Lancaster County, 0.25 to 0.5 inches issued Oct 2, 5:53 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–7: highest in Lancaster County, 0.25 to 0.5 inches issued Oct 2, 5:54 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

River gauges

• Big Spring Run near Mylin Corners
  NowFlood stages not defined3.66 ftOct 2, 3:00 AM EDT
• Big Spring Run near Willow Street
  NowOut of service
• Chiques Creek above MARIETTA
  NowFlood stages not defined2.8 ftOct 2, 3:15 AM EDT
• Chiques Creek at Manheim
  NowObservation not current
• Cocalico Creek at Ephrata
  NowObservation not current
• Conestoga River at Conestoga
  NowFlood stages not defined2.02 ftOct 2, 3:30 AM EDT
• Conestoga River at Lancaster
  NowNo flooding3.79 ftOct 2, 3:15 AM EDTForecastNo flooding3.8 ftOct 2, 8:00 AM EDT
• Conewago Creek near Bellarie
  NowFlood stages not defined0.37 ftOct 2, 2:45 AM EDT