Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Sep 6, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 1996, 12:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Centre County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 070050
FFWCTP
PAC021-027-033-070445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
845 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...CAMBRIA COUNTY...CENTRE COUNTY...CLEARFIELD COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL MOVE
OVER CENTRE AND CLEARFIELD COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM. THIS BAND WILL
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. AREAS UNDER THIS BAND TO THE SOUTH HAVE SEEN
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS.. STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGES AREAS IN CENTRE
AND CLEARFIELD COUNTIES.
 
HEAVY RAIN ALSO CONTINUES TO PELT PORTIONS OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. THE
HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL ABOUT 11 PM IN CAMBRIA COUNTY AND
LIKELY WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS... CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGES AREAS 
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN SOMERSET... HUNTINGDON
... FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES THIS EVENING.
 
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.
 
NICOSIA/GRUMM
 
 
&

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 6, 2:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
215 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996

CURRENT THINKING ON FRAN SIMILAR TO THIS AM...TRACKING TOWARD W
PA.

ONLY DIFFERENCE IS SOME DfRY AIR TRYING TO ENTER CIRCULATION
...MAY CUT DOWN ON PCPN FOR SOME AREAS...ESP W AREAS.

PIT...F.Y.I. COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON MT. DAVIS.

CURRENT FCST/WATCHES/WARNINGS OK FOR NOW.

NO NEW MODELS IN YET.

MARTIN

In the hours before

PAZ024>028-033>036-056-063>066-062300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
604 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996

...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 600 PM.

ALTHOUGH THE REMNANTS FROM FRAN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT
TIMES...ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE THREAT OF
TORNADOES HAS ENDED.

JUNG

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-045-049-050-
056-063-070400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
620 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996

...HIGH WIND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.  THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

WARREN... MCKEAN... POTTER... ELK... CAMERON... CLEARFIELD... CENTRE...
CLINTON... CAMBRIA... BLAIR... HUNTINGDON... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA...
SOMERSET... BEDFORD... FULTON... FRANKLIN... UNION... SNYDER...
PERRY... AND CUMBERLAND.

HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRAN WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.  THE WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

HIGHEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGES.

JUNG

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

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.