Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1992, 6:04 AM EST for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1992, 6:04 AM EST (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1992, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIPT 271104 FFWIPT PAC015-271700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 604 AM EST FRI MAR 27 1992 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CREEK IN BRADFORD COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLIAMSPORT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...BRADFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN BRADFORD COUNTY REPORTED THAT SOUTH CREEK ALONG ROUTE 14 IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. THE CREEK IS FLOODING INTO FIELDS AND PASTURES ADJACENT TO THE CREEK AND IS NOT THREATENING HOUSES AT THIS TIME. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATERZ COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. KJF NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:35 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-271000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 235 AM EST FRI MAR 27 1992 ...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS REMAIN OVER BRADFORD COUNTY WHERE ALMOST 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST SIX HOURS. HERE AT THE WILLIAMSPORT-LYCOMING COUNTY AIRPORT 1.50 INCHES FELL SINCE THE STORM BEGAN THURSDAY MORNING. WHILE THE RAIN IS MUCH-NEEDED...THE AMOUNT FALLING IN SUCH A SHORT TIME COULD CAUSE SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AROUND THE REGION. A SECTION OF ROUTE 44 NEAR ELIMSPORT HAD WATER RUNNING ACROSS IT FROM ADJACENT SPRING CREEK. OTHER CREEKS IN THE REGION WERE NOT RUNNING HIGH AT THIS TIME. OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF MINOR BASEMENT FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. ANYONE TRAVELING THIS MORNING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR PONDED WATER ON ROADWAYS. THIS WITH ANY LEFTOVER FOG COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AROUND THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. KJF
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:59 AM EST, 5 minutes before
PAZ008-009-013-271500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 600 AM EST FRI MAR 27 1992 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SWATARA AND YELLOW BREECHES CREEKS... ...RAINSHOWERS TO CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... AS OF 500 AM THIS MORNING 1.95 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAD BEEN REPORTED AT THE MIDDLETOWN AIRPORT. WITH SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS REPORTING EQUAL OR GREATER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION IN THE PAST TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT 330 AM THIS MORNING THE PAXTANG CREEK HAD REACHED A STAGE OF 8.5 FEET AND A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SWATARA AND YELLOW BREECHES CREEKS. WITH THE FORECAST CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL RAINS TODAY AND POSSIBLE SNOW SHOWERS ...MOTORISTS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE AREAS WHERE POOR DRAINAGE CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION THE WE SNOW ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS TODAY MAY CAUSE SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY...SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TRAVEL PLANS TODAY AND TONIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING...ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE CAUTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. CRUZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bradford | 6 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.