Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 152, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1996, 9:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1996, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1996, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 070140 FFWCTP PAC001-041-043-061-067-087-099-109-133-070800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 936 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...ADAMS COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...DAUPHIN COUNTY ...HUNTINGDON COUNTY...JUNIATA COUNTY...MIFFLIN COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY ...SNYDER COUNTY...YORK COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FROM NORTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... PERRY... CUMBERLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES. RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 2 INCHES IN ONE HOUR HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS BAND. UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY EAST OF SHIPPENSBURG ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES. RUNOFF FROM ALL THE HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO DAUPHIN AND SNYDER COUNTIES BY AROUND 10 PM AND CONTINUE OVER YORK COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM. THIS BAND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN DAUPHIN... YORK AND SNYDER COUNTIES. 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. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING S:TREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. NICOSIA
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 Sep 6, 9:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 910 PM EDT FRI SEP 6 1996 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PUTS THE SURFACE LOW OVER EXTREME WRN MD NEAR THE PA BORDER SOUTH OF JST AT 9 PM. RADAR SHOWS A STRONG FEEDER BAND FROM THE MOUTH OF CHESAPEAKE BAY TO CENTRE COUNTY IN PA. THIS FEEDER BAND HAS DUMPED AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR OVER MANY LOCATIONS IN PA BENEATH THE BAND. THE KCCX RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS ROTATION CENTERS ALONG THIS BAND. UNTIL THIS BAND LIFTS OUT OF PA...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCAL SEVERE WX IS LIKELY AT SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THIS BAND. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TORNADO ALONG THIS BAND IN ERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY AROUND 830 PM NEAR MC ALEVYS FORT....NO DAMAGE OR CONFIRMATION YET. THIS BAND WILL SLOWLY LIFT NEWD. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE LWR SUSQ VALLEY NWD ACROSS THE MIDDLE SUSQ AND INTO THE NRN MTS. SIMILAR BANDS HAVE PRODUCED FLOODING ALONG THE MD BORDER EARLIER THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW MOVE NWD AREAS OF SRN PA WILL GO TO MORE SCT SHWR ACTIVITY. THERE APPEARS TO BE VERY LITTLE HEAVY RAFL S OF THE LOW CENTER. SAT WILL BE A SHWRY DAY AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NWD. GOT TO GO...THANKS TO BGM...PIT...PHL FOR RADAR RAFL EST ETC THESE EVENING. GRUMM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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
Local storm report, Sep 6, 9:34 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
0930 PM FRI SEP 6 1996
TIME( ) ...CITY LOCATION..........ST ...EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY LOCATION........
1200 PM 7SW MEYERSDALE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 SOMERSET TREES DOWN ON MT.
DAVIS
1240 PM 2E OGLETOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 BEDFORD TREES DOWN ALONG RT 56
NEAR COUNTY LINE
0315 PM CONFLUENCE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 SOMERSET TREES DOWN
0330 PM LORETTO PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 CAMBRIA TREES DOWN
0330 PM 5S CENTERVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 BEDFORD TREES DOWN IN LAKE
GORDON DAM AREA
0520 PM JOHNSTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 CAMBRIA TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
COUNTY
0630 PM SHADE GAP PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON SHADE CREEK FLOODING
ONTO RT 522...CARS
STRANDED IN HIGH
WATER...3.6 INCHES
RAIN SO FAR
0630 PM GREENWOOD FURNACE PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON TREE DOWN ON CAR IN
JACKSON TWP...14 TOWNS
WITH TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0630 PM UPPER STRASBURG PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 FRANKLIN NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED
IN NRN FRANKLIN CO
0630 PM ORBISONIA PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON FLOODING ALONG RT 522
0630 PM ROUZERVILLE PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 FRANKLIN FLOODING ALONG RED RUN
CREEK E OF WAYNESBORO
0630 PM 5S MCALVEYS FORT PA WIND DAMAGE
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON TREES DOWN IN MILLER
TWP...FIREFIGHTER INJ
0645 PM BEAVERTOWN PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN
TODD TWP...ROADS
CLOSED...REPORTS OF
6-7 INCHES OF RAIN
0645 PM GETTYSBURG PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 ADAMS ROADS AND BRIDGES
FLOODED
0700 PM MEYERSDALE PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 SOMERSET WATER OVER RT 219...4
INCHES RAIN THROUGH
7PM
0800 PM RICHVALE PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON ROADS FLOODED IN TELL
TWP
0800 PM BEDFORD PA FLASH FLOOD
09/06/96 BEDFORD NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED
THROUGHOUT COUNTY
0830 PM MCALEVYS FORT8 PA TORNADO
09/06/96 HUNTINGDON POSSIBLE TORNADO
REPORTED
WIDENORThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon, Mifflin | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Franklin, Fulton | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair | 4 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Clinton, Union | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.