COUNTIES FOR THAT SAME TIME PERIOD. BY THE WAY. 5 A.M. SUNDAY UNTIL 1 P.M. MONDAY. FOR AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE WATCHING AS YOU GET INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SO LET’S JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT. WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO TRACK IT AS WE GO. SO HERE WE GO. 12 A.M. SUNDAY. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SO IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING. SO YOU CAN SEE IT REALLY STARTS OFF AS RAIN AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX. THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE WE’RE WATCHING. SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SNOW MIXED IN WITH THAT. AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO CLOSER TO 2 A.M. SUNDAY, YOU CAN SEE MAJORITY OF THIS IS RAIN. ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX TOWARDS OUR NORTHERN COMMUNITIES. THAT’S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING. SO REALLY EXPECTING A MIX BEGINNING TO DEVELOP HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD FOR TONIGHT, GOING INTO THE REST OF THE MORNING, YOU SEE CLOSER TOWARDS 7 A.M. SUNDAY. SO A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASKING, HEY, WHAT CAN I EXPECT FOR SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES? AND WHAT SHOULD WE WHAT SHOULD WE PREPARE FOR? SO WE’RE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS MIX, PERSISTING THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF SUNDAY MORNING TO SEE MORE. SO RAIN FOR OUR SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES AND ALSO MORE SNOW. BUT THEN ONCE WE GET INTO LATER IN THE MORNING, INTO THE AFTERNOON, HERE WE GO. THIS IS WHEN WE’LL START TO SEE MORE OF THAT WIDESPREAD SNOW BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN SOME OF THOSE BRIGHTER PURPLES AND BRIGHTER WHITES FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND THEN THAT’S GOING TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND GETTING CLOSER TO THE EVENING. LOOK AT THE TIMESTAMP, BY THE WAY, 8:00 ON SUNDAY EVENING. THIS IS WHEN I EXPECT TO SEE THE HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW BEGINNING TO PUSH IN. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE BRIGHTER WHITES COMING IN OVER LANCASTER, LEBANON, DAUPHIN, YORK COUNTIES, FOR AN EXAMPLE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST SITS OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. NOW, IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF SCHOOL, ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS CHANCE OF SOME SNOW LINGERING, SOME OTHER MODELS RIGHT NOW ARE ARE ALLOWING THIS EVENT TO PERSIST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THIS EVENT TO BE ENDING BY 12 P.M. ON MONDAY. YOU CAN SEE COULD SEE A LINGERING SNOW SHOWER OR TWO, A LIGHT SNOW SHOWER OR TWO FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS, OR THE GUT OR THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO HAVE HAVE MOVED OUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO MONDAY AFTERNOON. SO HERE’S WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE 4 TO 8IN FOR THE REST. FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. NOW LOOKING TOWARDS OUR EASTERN COMMUNITIES, YOU CAN SEE 8 TO 12IN IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR FAR EASTERN COMMUNITIES. TOWARDS LANCASTER COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY ARE REALLY THE THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE REMAINING TOWARDS THE JERSEY COAST LINE, ALSO TOWARDS THE PHILADELPHIA AREA WHERE THEY COULD BE SEEIN
Utility issues mandatory water conservation order for more than 40,000 customers
Updated: 9:30 PM EST Feb 21, 2026
Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order for more than 40,000 customers on Saturday after an “unexpected incident.”Video above: Hour-by-hour snow projections.The utility released the following statement Saturday night:”Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order for approximately 42,000 customer connections in its Mechanicsburg water system this evening, including parts of Silver Spring Township, Hampden Township, Lower Allen Township, Lemoyne Borough, Wormleysburg Borough, East Pennsboro Township, New Cumberland Borough, Fairview Township, Shiremanstown Borough, Camp Hill Borough, and Newberry Township. Customers are asked to temporarily limit their water use to essential purposes only, with a targeted use reduction between 10-15%. “The mandatory conservation order follows an unexpected incident affecting the company’s West Shore Water Treatment Plant water source. The company has increased production at its Silver Spring Water Treatment Plant, which also serves the Mechanicsburg water system, and will be working to open emergency interconnections with neighboring water systems. “Pennsylvania American Water is notifying affected customers through its automated emergency notification system. The company will provide updates, as needed, and will notify customers when the conservation order is lifted. For more information, visit pennsylvaniaamwater.com/alerts.”
Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order for more than 40,000 customers on Saturday after an “unexpected incident.”
Video above: Hour-by-hour snow projections.
The utility released the following statement Saturday night:
“Pennsylvania American Water issued a mandatory water conservation order for approximately 42,000 customer connections in its Mechanicsburg water system this evening, including parts of Silver Spring Township, Hampden Township, Lower Allen Township, Lemoyne Borough, Wormleysburg Borough, East Pennsboro Township, New Cumberland Borough, Fairview Township, Shiremanstown Borough, Camp Hill Borough, and Newberry Township. Customers are asked to temporarily limit their water use to essential purposes only, with a targeted use reduction between 10-15%.
“The mandatory conservation order follows an unexpected incident affecting the company’s West Shore Water Treatment Plant water source. The company has increased production at its Silver Spring Water Treatment Plant, which also serves the Mechanicsburg water system, and will be working to open emergency interconnections with neighboring water systems.
“Pennsylvania American Water is notifying affected customers through its automated emergency notification system. The company will provide updates, as needed, and will notify customers when the conservation order is lifted. For more information, visit pennsylvaniaamwater.com/alerts.”