Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Oct 23, 1990, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

Oct 23, 1990, 10:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County York County, PA

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

000 
TTAA00 KHAR 232309 RRA
FFWHAR
PAC109-119-133-240215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
709 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          ...SNYDER...UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          ...YORK
 
AT 700PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG INDICATED WIDELY
SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA
VALLEY...NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA. REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTERS IN
UNION...YORK...AND SYNDER COUNTIES INDICATE THAT MOST CREEKS LOCATED
IN THOSE AREAS ARE BANKFULL AND SOME STREET FLOODING HAS OCCURRED.
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN SOME AREAS...ADDITIONAL WATERS UPSTREAM
OF THE CREEKS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
 
THE RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 10 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
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 SP#OTS 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.
 
WSO HAR CRUZ

In the hours before

PAZ008-009-232100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
300 PM EDT   TUE  OCT 23 1990

...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

AT 245  PM MOST AREAS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONTINUED TO RECIEVE
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN.  THE RAIN HAS BEEN SPREAD OVER ENOUGH TIME
THAT ONLY MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS HAS OCCURRED SO FAR. THE SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING AS
RAIN IS EX$PECTED TO CONTINUE AND MOST AREA STREAMS ARE NEAR FULL NOW.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATCH AREA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS RAIN EVENT.

TK

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.