Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 4, 1995, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)

Expired

Jul 4, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County York County, PA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 042044
FFWCTP
PAC133-050045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
443 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...YORK COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS YORK COUNTY
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED
CLOSE TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN AROUND THE CITY OF
YORK. A FEW MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY...AND THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF
FLOODED BASEMENTS AND ROADS.
 
PERSONS ACROSS YORK COUNTY WHO ARE NEAR SMALL STREMS OR OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
MARTIN
 
 
 
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 WVATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 4, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
235 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 1995

HAD TROUBLE WITH RADAR...WOULDN'T COME BACK AFTER DYING...PUP
WOULDN'T DIAL OUT. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF TRYING...WE ARE NOW BACK UP.

HARD TO LATCH ONTO A SINGLE SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW BEING SPECIFIC
ON PRECIP TIMING. SATELLITE SHOWS WAVES OF CLDS/PRECIP BACK TO MID
WEST WITH MCS NR CHICAGO LOOKING QUITE POTENT. EARLIER CONVECTION
MOVING THRU OH/IN HAS LEFT LL BOUNDARY WITH TRW TO THE WEST HEADING
IN THAT DIRECTION.

MEANWHILE TRW COOKED UP RAPIDLY OVER YORK CTY. RADAR EST OF
1.3"/HR. THEY ARE MOVING ALONG SO PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING NOT
ANTICIPATED. HAVE NOTICED TENDENCY OF CELLS TO FIRE ALONG RIDGES IN
NRN ADAMS COUNTY UNDER SUCH LOW LEVEL FLOW...TWICE LAST WEEK THEY
ANCHORED THERE AND DROPPED PRODIGIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN. WILL HAVE TO
BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY. OTHER THAN THAT...WASTED A LOT OF
TIME FIGHTING WITH 88D WHEN IT CRASHED...NO TIME TO DELVE INTO
SYNOPTICS OTHER THAN TO SAY WE WILL TEND TO BE RATHER UNSETTLED AS
BIG TROF MOVES SLOWLY EAST OUT OF MID WEST.

LA CORTE

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.