TodayHanna leaves its mark on mid-state
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Kerri Henry is kept dry by her mother, Sheri Henry, while they marches in the Shiremanstown parade Saturday morning.(Curt Werner/Special to The Sentinel)
Onlookers attempt to keep dry while watching the Shiremanstown parade Saturday morning amidst the rains of Tropical Storm Hanna. (Curt Werner/Special to The Sentinel)
The facts.
• Capital City Airport in Harrisburg reported 1.28 inches of rain.
• However, York reported 3.5 inches.
• Areas to the southeast in Lancaster, Berks and Lehigh counties were wetter and reports ranged from about 2.17 inches of rain in Philadelphia to more than 4 inches in Allentown.
• “Lower Susquehanna Valley through Southeast Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and the Poconos I would say got hit the hardest,” says Josh Newhard, meteorologist with accuweather.com
• The Associated Press reported sightings of a funnel cloud shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday in Allentown. Meteorologists will investigate the possibility of a tornado inflicting damage upon a high school and surrounding areas.
• Hanna dropped more than 5 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.
What’s next?
• The next storm in the pipeline, Hurricane Ike, could be all the more dangerous if it reaches Pennsylvania because the ground will still be wet from Hanna, forecasters said. At press time, the storm is lurking “near or over” the Turks and Caicos islands and has Category 4 strength.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
