Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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, 4.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 280445 FFWIPT PAC015-280745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1245 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLIAMSPORT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...BRADFORD COUNTY BRADFORD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY IS FALLING ACROSS THEIR COUNTY. THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ON MONDAY. NO REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YET. HOWEVER...SIMILAR RAINS HAVE PRODUCED FLOODING IN NEIGHBORING TIOGA COUNTY. THEREFORE A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR RESIDENTS OF BRADFORD COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF BRADFORD COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. NEMETH/WOODWORTH & 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
Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
715 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 27.
LOCATION COUNTY TIME/EDT REPORT
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1440 NUMEROUS (SEVERAL DOZEN) LARGE
DUTCH MOUNTIAN TREES DAMAGED, TREE LIMBS
ON POWER LINES WITH POWER
LINES DOWNED.
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1445 OVER 100 TREES DAMAGED, TOPS
STARR ROAD SHEARED OFF AND UPROOTED.
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1455 TREES DOWNED, POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA STATE
ROUTE 87.
TUSCARORA TWP BRADFORD 1520 MORE THAN 1 DOZEN TREES
NEAR SILVARA DOWNED, 1 HOME WITH MODERATE
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, 1 BARN WITH
MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
OTHER BUILDINGS REPORTED
DAMAGED, NUMBER AND EXTENT
UNKNOWN AT PRESENT.
NEMETHLocal storm report, Jun 27, 7:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
715 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 27.
LOCATION COUNTY TIME/EDT REPORT
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1440 NUMEROUS (SEVERAL DOZEN) LARGE
DUTCH MOUNTIAN TREES DAMAGED, TREE LIMBS
ON POWER LINES WITH POWER
LINES DOWNED.
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1445 OVER 100 TREES DAMAGED, TOPS
STARR ROAD SHEARED OFF AND UPROOTED.
COLLEY TWP SULLIVAN 1455 TREES DOWNED, POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA STATE
ROUTE 87.
TUSCARORA TWP BRADFORD 1520 MORE THAN 1 DOZEN TREES
NEAR SILVARA DOWNED, 1 HOME WITH MODERATE
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, 1 BARN WITH
MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
OTHER BUILDINGS REPORTED
DAMAGED, NUMBER AND EXTENT
> UNKNOWN AT PRESENT.
NEMETHSpecial weather statement, Jun 27, 8:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
PAZ066-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 800 PM EDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF LANCASTER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS THEY REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA. 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 POSSIBLE WARNINGS. COWDRIGHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bradford | 2 hr |
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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.