Flash Flood Warning 175, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Sep 13, 1996, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Cumberland County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 131543
FFWCTP
PAC041-131845-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1143 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CONTINUED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
 
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS CONTINUES
IN THE WALNUT BOTTOM AREA EAST OF SHIPPENSBURG. ROADS
AFFECTED BY HIGH AND RISING WATER INCLUDE I-81, ROUTE 174 AND 11.  THE
RAIN HAS ENDED AND MOST STREAM FLOODING WILL BE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOONA FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE YELLOW BEECHES CREEK.
 
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.
 
 
BUDD

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 13, 2:09 AM EDT, 9 hours 34 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

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.