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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS State College, PA

June 20, 1989Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 1989, 7:11 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1989, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHAR 202312
FFWHAR
PAC061-210115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
711 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          ...HUNTINGDON
 
AT 705 PM EDT...COUNTY CONTROL PERSONNEL IN HUNTINGDON REPORT THAT
1.70 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR AT WARRIORS MARK.
COUNTY PERSONNEL REPORT BANKS ON MANY CREEKS AND STREAM WERE NEAR BANK
FULL PRIOR TO THE HEAVY RAIN.
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS OBSERVING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWWNPOURS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
 
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPO~TS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPAdams5 hr
Jun 20, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCentre4 hr
Jun 20, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPJuniata2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.