Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 28, 1993, 4:40 AM EST for Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 1993, 4:40 AM EST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 1993, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 838 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 280940 FFWIPT PAC035-281500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 440 AM EST SUN NOV 28 1993 ...SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR BALD EAGLE CREEK IN CLINTON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLIAMSPORT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...CLINTON COUNTY THE WARNING IS FOR BALD EAGLE CREEK IN CLINTON COUNTY. AT 440 AM EST THE STREAM GAUGE AT BEACH CREEK STATION WAS 11.5 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. THIS WAS CAUSING MINOR FLOODING IN THE COTTAGE AREA OF BEACH CREEK STATION. A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS 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. FJG/PG 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, Nov 27, 10:41 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PAC026-280445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 1041 PM EST SAT NOV 27 1993 AT 1030 PM HUNTINGDON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WERE FLOODING IN THE HUNTINGDON AREA DUE TO THE PRECIPITATION THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN THE HUNTINGDON AREA WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE APPROACHING BANKFULL. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA...STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND CREEKS. ROADWAYS WHICH HAVE POOR DRAINAGE ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AVOID STREAMS WHICH ARE CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR FLOODED...NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED STREAM OR FLOODED ROADWAY. CRUZ NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 10:41 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PAC026-280445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 1041 PM EST SAT NOV 27 1993 AT 1030 PM HUNTINGDON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WERE FLOODING IN THE HUNTINGDON AREA DUE TO THE PRECIPITATION THAT HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN THE HUNTINGDON AREA WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE APPROACHING BANKFULL. IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA...STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND CREEKS. ROADWAYS WHICH HAVE POOR DRAINAGE ARE ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AVOID STREAMS WHICH ARE CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR FLOODED...NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOODED STREAM OR FLOODED ROADWAY. CRUZ NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 11:20 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>053-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1120 PM EST SAT NOV 27 1993 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUED TO GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS HAVE BLOWN DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND STREET SIGNS...AS WELL AS CAUSED SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ALSO...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE RIDGES OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND PRODUCE SOME POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TG
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 11:21 PM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>053-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1120 PM EST SAT NOV 27 1993 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUED TO GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS HAVE BLOWN DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES...AND STREET SIGNS...AS WELL AS CAUSED SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ALSO...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BnE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE RIDGES OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND PRODUCE SOME POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 12:36 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 6:01 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.