Flash Flood Warning 174, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Sep 13, 1996, 7:55 AM EDT (11:55 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1996, 11:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Fulton County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCTP 131152
FFWCTP
PAC057-131500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
755 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS PRODUCED FLOODING ACROSS
A LARGE PORTION OF FULTON COUNTY. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
HEAVY RAINFALL IS OVER FLOODING IS NOW A SERIOUS PROBLEM ACROSS
THE COUNTY AS WATER CONTINUES TO RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...CREEKS AND
INTO LOW LYING AREAS.
 
STATE POLICE IN FULTON COUNTY REPORT MANY SECONDARY ROADS ARE CLOSE
OR HAVE STANDING WATER ON THEM.  ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSINGS INCLUDE:
ROUTE 30 AROUND HARRISONVILLE AND ROUTE 522 ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH
OF MC CONNELLSBURG.
 
IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR WATER LEVELS TO DROP.
 
 
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.
GRUMM
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 13, 2:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
210 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 1996

THE COLD FRONT MOVED INTO CENTRAL PA LAST EVENING BUT HAS GROUND TO
A HALT AND IMPULSES IN THE UPPER FLOW HAVE TENDED TO MOVE MOISTURE
NORTH AND EVEN WEST PRODUCING THE TRAINING OF STORMS THAT CAUSED
THE FLOODING OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.  SURFACE
MOISTURE TENDS TO BE PACKED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ALONG THE
MOUNTAINS OUT OF VIRGINIA INTO CENTRAL PA.  THERE IS EVERY REASON
TO BE PESSIMISTIC TODAY AS THE UPPER CUTOFF MOVES SOUTHEAST AND A
STRONG SHORT WAVE COMES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO.  LIFTED INDEXES
ARE STRONGLY NEGATIVE.  THE PROBLEM OF THE DAY MAY RELATE TO HOW
MUCH MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE WHICH MAY LIMIT SUNSHINE AND SEVERE
WEATHER AND CONTINUE THE MAIN PROBLEM OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH
FLOODS.  TALKED WITH PIT BY PHONE AND CONCUR WITH FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES FOR MANY OF THE CENTRAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING.

DUNHAM

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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.