Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1995, 1:27 AM EDT for Clearfield County, Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 1995, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1995, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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 KCTP 210529 FFWCTP PAC033-047-210930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 127 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...CLEARFIELD COUNTY...ELK COUNTY AT 115 AM STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTH THROUGH CLEARFIELD AND ELK COUNTIES. COMMUNICATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATES NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH CLOGGED STORM DRAINS DUE TO FALLING LEAVES. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 4AM. THE RAIN IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LA CORTE/JUNG
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.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 20, 9:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 9:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 930 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1995 ACTIVE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. HIGH WIND WARNINGS SEEM TO BE COVERING MUCH OF THE WIND DAMAGE...BUT DID PUT OUT A FEW WARNINGS FOR ELK AND MCKEAN CO/S BASED ON DECENT REFLECTIVITY SIGNATURES...AND A GOOD INTENSIFICATION ALONG A SHORT SECTION OF THE FRONT. BULK OF RAIN WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT....WITH DRY SLOT WORKING INTO MOST AREAS BY MORNING. AGREE WITH THE NEW THINKING OUT OF PHL...ENDING STEADY RAINS EARLY SATURDAY. PIT/S FORECAST THINKING ON LINE WITH MY IDEAS...SO FEW CHANGES NEEDED. HIGH WIND WARNINGS WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM...AND WILL COVER ANY ADDITIONAL BRIEF STRONG WINDS IN THE NOW. GOTTA RUN... JUNG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 20, 10:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-210745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINDS/RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1045 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1995 ...HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS HAVE EXPIRED... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL STILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...THE DAMAGING WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLIER TONIGHT HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT...BUT LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JUNG
Special weather statement, Oct 20, 10:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-210745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINDS/RAIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1045 PM EDT FRI OCT 20 1995 ...HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS HAVE EXPIRED... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE FRONT WILL STILL PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...THE DAMAGING WINDS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLIER TONIGHT HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT...BUT LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 57 min |
| Oct 21, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron, Potter | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 4 hr |
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.