Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1992, 6:05 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1992, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHAR 072209 FFWHAR PAC071-080000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 605 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...LANCASTER COUNTY AT 600 PM EDT LANCASTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN NORTHEAST LANCASTER COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 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 G&ROUND.
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, Jun 7, 2:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PAZ009-071900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 215 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY... AT 200 PM WEATHER SERVICE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ009-071900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 215 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY... AT 200 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG SHOWED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING 12 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUST WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PAZ009-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 240 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY... AT 240 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE RAIN 10 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... AND HEAVY RAINS. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELdY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED WATERS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PAZ009-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES... AT 250 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE RAIN 5 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH INTENSE RAIN WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK IN YORK COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MILES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. REMEMBER...ALL LIGHTNING IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PAZ009-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 445 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LANCASTER...LEBANON...AND BERKS COUNTIES... AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEBANON IN LEBANON COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF LANCASTER AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LANCASTER IN LANCASTER COUNTY...AND NORTH OF READING IN BERKS COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE 10 MILES WEST OF STEWARTSTOWN IN YORK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. DO kNOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:51 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PAZ009-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 545 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LANCASTER COUNTY... AT 530 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG SHOWED AN AREA OF WIDELY SCATERRED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRASBURG IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR PETERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. PRA
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.