Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 19, 1996, 7:37 AM EDT (11:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 1996, 11:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA

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TTAA00 KCTP 191137
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PAC009-055-057-191545-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
737 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BEDFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 730 AM EDT STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS BEDFORD...FULTON AND INTO
FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
FLOODING ACROSS UPSTREAM COUNTIES.
 
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAUSED SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS
AND CAUSED STREET FLOODING IN CAMBRIA AND BLAIR COUNTIES BEFORE 7 AM AS
THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DUNHAM

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 19, 1:43 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
138 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996

CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER LAKE ERIE...THINK WORSE WILL BE ACROSS
EXT. N PA INTO NY...AS THIS IS WHERE BEST HEIGHT FALLS ARE.
JUST LIKE LAST SUMMER WITH ABNORMAL DEWPTS.

ONCE THIS GOES BY...STRONG NVA WORKS IN.  E NY...NE PA...AND
NEW ENGLAND COULD GET HIT HARD WITH FROPA...AS FRONT WOULD COME
IN AT MAX HEATING.  IN REGARD TO FIRST VORT MAX...IT COULD STILL
BE A PROBLEM FURTHER EAST...AROUND NOONTIME...BUT AIRMASS IS NOT
AS UNSTABLE OUT THERE...SO ADV/HEATING WILL HAVE TO DO ITS THING
THIS AM.

ANYWAY A VERY DANGEROUS SIT...DONT RECALL SUCH A FCST OF A
DEEPENING LOW IN MID SUMMER.
8
AFTER THIS EVENING...LOOKS LIKE JUST CLEAR...COOL...AND WINDY.

PHI/PIT CAN KEEP FLOOD WATCH UP/MODIFY AREA IF YOU WANT...AS IT
IS ALREADY UP.  SOMEONE MIGHT GET A HEAVY STORM ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER.

MARTIN

In the hours before

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-191450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
449 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 AM...

THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRE...CLINTON...SOMERSET
BEDFORD...CAMBRIA...FRANKLIN...HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA
MIFFLIN...BLAIR...CAMERON...CL8EARFIELD...AND FULTON COUNTIES.

THE WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS
POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS.

MARTIN

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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