Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1994, 1:09 AM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 1:09 AM EDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 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 KPHL 250517 FFWAVP PAC015-250915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILKES BARRE SCRANTON PA ISSUED BY PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 109 AM EDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ...NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY BRADFORD COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE BENTLEY CREEK IN RICHBURY. THE CREEK IS CURRENTLY RECEDING. OTHER FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TROY...WEST BURLINGT ...ATHENS AND SPRINGFIELD. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND PERSONS ARE BEING EVACUATED. UNDER NO CIRCUMST ANCES IS ANY MOTORIST TO EVEN ATTEMPT DRIVING ON A FLOODED ROADWAY AND PLEASE EVACUATE IF TOLD TO BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. &
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 24, 8:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 830 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIOGA...BRADFORD AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES. IFLOWS GAGES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED ANYWHERE FROM .50 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WAS PRODUCING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER ALSO...LIGHTNING CAN KILL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THUNDERSTORMS. GINGRICH/WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
PAZ018-019-026>028-035-036-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 910 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH FULTON COUNTY... AT 9 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 945 PM. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALLFROM THESE STORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAY. ANYONE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. GRC
Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 915 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 EVENT DATE/TIME(EDT) COUNTY CITY TREES UPROOTED...ONE TREE 6/24/94/445 PM SNYDER MIDDLEBURG WAS SNAPPED OFF AND FELL ONTO A GARAGE. GRC
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-250245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 930 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN NEW YORK BY 1100 PM EDT. IFLOWS GAGES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING BETWEEN .50 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS IN TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS HAS PRODUCED SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. GINGRICH/WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 9:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-250245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 930 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN NEW YORK BY 1100 PM EDT. IFLOWS GAGES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING BETWEEN .50 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...A FEW LOCATIONS IN TIOGA AND BRADFORD COUNTIES HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2.00 AND 3.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS HAS PRODUCED SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGzE AREAS. 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. GINGRICH/WOODWORTH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PAZ018-019-026>028-035-036-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-250430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 1125 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 1120 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR CHAMBERSBURG. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 1150 PM. THE RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAY. ANYONE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FLOODING IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. GRC
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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.