Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 1994, 1:00 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1994, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lycoming County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 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 KCTP 181735 FFWCTP PAC081-182145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 100 PM EDT THU AUG 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...NORTHERN LYCOMING COUNTY ...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR NORTHERN LYCOMING COUNTY... LYCOMING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANGAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE LYCOMING AND PINE CREEKS. 400 PEOPLE REMAIN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES ALONG LYCOMING CREEK. WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE IN THE COUNTY BUT AREAS THAT WERE HARD HIT BY HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN UNDER WATER FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON SHOULD MAINLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES...BUT NO HEAVY RAIN. 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 GROUND. LA CORTE &
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, Aug 18, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1045 AM EDT THU AUG 18 1994 RADIO STATION WX-55 WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA IS OFF THE AIR. PERSONNEL ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND WILL RESTORE SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FJG
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 12:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-181750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1250 AM EDT THU AUG 18 1994 RADIO STATION WX-55 WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANIA IS BACK ON THnE AIR. FJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 11:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 119 min |
| Aug 18, 2:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Union | 5 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 3 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.