Live updates: Central Pa. under flash flood watch; roads starting to close

Wait, it's Thursday. It's not supposed to rain on a Thursday this year.

But it is, and will continue to do so into the afternoon, when the National Weather Service says the rain will taper off.

Before the storm moves on, leaving cooler temperatures and lower humidity in its wake, the storm is expected to dump 2-4 inches of rain on central Pennsylvania. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible before noon.

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That forecast, on top of the rain that came with the start of the storm on Wednesday, has led the NWS to put central Pa. under a flash flood watch until 10 p.m.

Motorists are urged obey road closed signs, and to turn around before trying to drive through flooded streets.

This post will be updated with the latest on weather and road conditions as the storm moves through central Pa.

Check back for those updates.

Roads closed

As of 11 a.m. according to 511pa.com:

Lebanon County

• Lehman/22nd/16th streets between Cumberland and Lehman streets.
• Lingle Avenue between the Northside Drive (Lancaster County line) and Oakfield Lane
• Lawn Road between Colebrook and Patrick roads
• PA 419 between Lincoln Avenue and Store Lane
• PA 117 between Cut-Off and Patrick roads

York County

• Old York Road between New Cumberland Army Depot, Normandy and Normandy Memorial drives and Lewisberry Road
• Downed tree in wires on Cassel Road between Creek and York Haven roads
• Downed utility on Lewisberry Road between Canal and Bremer roads
• Downed utility on PA 262 between Ridge and Steigerwalt Hollow roads

-- Staff reports

Shelly Stallsmith is a trends reporter for the York Daily Record. She can be reached at mstallsmith@ydr.com or followed on Twitter at @ShelStallsmith.