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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS State College, PA

April 2, 1993Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 2, 1993, 7:46 AM EST for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1993, 7:46 AM EST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1993, 3:45 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Apr 2, 5:40 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster7 hr
Apr 1, 9:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, York6 hr
Apr 1, 9:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPHuntingdon, Mifflin6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

Sources

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