Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS State College, PA

PAZ066-261950-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT -
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
248 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

...SHORT LIVED WATER SPOUT ON THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER...

A REPORT FROM THE POWER PLANT AT PEACHBOTTOM IN LANCASTER COUNTY
INDICATES THAT A SHORT LIVED WATER SPOUT DROPPED OUT OF A RAIN SHOWER
THAT WAS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA. POWER PLANT WITNESSES DESCRIBE A
FUNNEL THAT DROPPED OUT OF THE CLOUD AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE WATER
SURFACE...THEN MOVED APPROXIMATELY 1000 YARDS UP RIVER BEFORE LIFTING
BACK INTO THE CLOUDS AND DISSIPATING. THEY REPORT THAT THE WATER
SURFACE WAS CHURNED UP AROUND THIS FEATURE AND ALSO THAT NO DAMAGE WAS
DONE.

STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY WEAK TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWER
ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF PEACHBOTTOM AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT.
DOPPLER PRODUCTS FROM THE RADAR SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO. IT IS
LIKELY THE FUNNEL WAS A WEAK SHORT LIVED LOCAL PHENOMENA THAT IS NOT
UNCOMMON DURING UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. THESE SYSTEMS SELDOM
LAST MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES AND ALMOST NEVER DO ANY DAMAGE.

CONDITIONS DO FAVOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TIME HOURS IS LIKELY TO BE HEAVY RAIN.

THESE WEAK WATER SPOUTS ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED. THEY HAVE HOWEVER...ON
OCCASION TOUCHED THE GROUND AND CAUSED DAMAGE.  BECAUSE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY...YOU SHOULD SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER WHEN THESE FUNNELS
ARE OBSERVED.

LA CORTE

PAZ012-018>019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-262100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT -
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
401 PM EDT MON SEP 26 1994

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR LANCASTER...LEBANON
AND SCHUYKILL COUNTIES...
...A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS IN
EFFECT FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY....

AT 355 PM THE STATE COLLEGE WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
INDICATING SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
NORTH-SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ONE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MILLERSBURG...SOUTH TO CAMP HILL THEN
FURTHER SOUTH TO NEAR GETTYSBURG. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BATH...NEW YORK SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE
COLLEGE AREA AND THEN SOUTH TO THE LARUEL HIGHLANDS

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...SHOULD FLOOD WATERS
THREATEN.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF FLOODING LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.