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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 1995Fulton County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT for Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 022011
FFWCTP
PAC057-022315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
410 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED AN
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER FULTON
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS FULTON
COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE RAINS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING
IN URBAN AREAS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AND MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YO:UR 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.
 
 
JUNG

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford64 min
Jun 2, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton40 min
Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter67 min
Jun 2, 4:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPBedford, Somerset3 hr
Jun 2, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair, Huntingdon67 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton60 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin65 min
Jun 2, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Perry63 min
Jun 2, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams63 min
Jun 2, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin65 min
Jun 2, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon58 min
Jun 2, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill66 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.