...FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS WEEKEND. LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL LATE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND EVEN SOME OF THE LARGER WATERWAYS.

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CAMBRIA...CAMERON...CLEARFIELD...ELK...MCKEAN... NORTHERN CENTRE...NORTHERN CLINTON...POTTER...SOMERSET AND WARREN.

* FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* RAIN WILL GET HEAVIER THROUGH TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGHER THAN NORMAL...AND SOME SNOW REMAINS ON THE GROUND OVER NORTH-CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS RAIN AND ANY ADDITIONAL WATER FROM MELTING SNOW MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING.

* FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND SOME OF THE SMALLER RIVERS IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.