Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 26, 1995, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Dauphin County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 262101
FFWCTP
PAC043-270000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
501 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...DAUPHIN COUNTY
 
AT 5 PM EDT STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY
AROUND MILLERSBURG AND HALIFAX. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
TRACK NORTHWEST FROM LEBANON AND LANCASTER COUNTIES...AND WILL CAUSE
ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
140 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

BAND OF STORMS N PA IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE CONFL FLOW AT
LOW LEVELS.  MAIN FRONT WELL TO THE NORTH...WITH EXTREME
DEWPT GRADIENT.

SECOND BAND OF WX TO THE SOUTH...MOVING NE...THINK THIS
MAY PUSH OTHER ACTIVITY A LITTLE...BUT MAY NOT BE A LOT
OF NET MOVEMENT NEXT 48 HRS...AS FLOW TO THE N AND E
GOES MORE EASTERLY...EVEN IF COLD FRONT DOES NOT GET
INTO PA.

THINK THAT A LITTLE COOL AIR AT REAL LOW LEVELS MAY WORK
IN E PA TUE...BUT FWC DATA LOOKS TOO COOL AND WET
...THINK BKN/OVC WITH SOME RW/TRW...AS ANOTHER WK VORT
BAND COMES IN.  MAIN BAND COMES IN BEHIND THIS ONE THIS
AFT...AFTER TIME OF MAX HEATING...SO THINGS MAY NOT BE THAT
BAD.  STILL A HARD FCST.  PIT...LET ME KNOW ON FFW...ONCE
YOU DECIDE...SO I CAN KEEP STATEMENTS ETC. SIMPLE...MARTIN

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.