Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 2, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Cambria County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 021802
FFWCTP
PAC021-022000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
200 PM EDT WED AUG 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CAMBRIA COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST CAMBRIA COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF ST
MICHAEL.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH
THIS STORM.  THE STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING SINCE 130 PM.
RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS
AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
 
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.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
JUNG

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 2, 9:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
925 AM EDT WED AUG 2 1995

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS SLOW MOVING/STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE NY/PA BORDER.  WEAK SHOWERS OVER
WESTERN PA DISSIPATED BEFORE THEY EVER MOVED INTO THE CTP ZONES.

TODAY LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW DAYS...WITH ANOTHER HOT ONE
ON TAP.  TODAY... HOWEVER... WE DO HAVE THE WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM
TO POSSIBLY HELP TRIGGER/FOCUS SOME LIFT FOR CONVECTION.  FRONT
IS VERY SHALLOW THOUGH... WITH 850 TEMPS SHOWING NO REFLECTION OF
ANY COOLING.  ALTHOUGH TEMPS ALOFT PRETTY WARM...WE DID MANAGE TO
POP A FEW ISOLATED STORMS LATE TUE AFTERNOON.  MODIFIED SOUNDINGS
SHOW LI/S IN THE -6 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON (PIT)...AND WITH SFC
TEMPS SIMILAR TO YSTDY... CHC POPS ARE PROBABLY WARRANTED...WITH
THE GREATEST THREAT IN THE NORTH.

JUNG

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.