Flash Flood Warning 191, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Oct 19, 1996, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)

Expired

Oct 19, 1996, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Schuylkill County, PA

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 192251
FFWCTP
PAC107-200145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
650 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
 
ALTHROUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS
REMAIN HIGH...BUT SHOULD SLOWLY FALL THIS EVENING TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
 
PERSONS NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF 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.
 
MARTIN

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 19, 2:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
240 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 1996

ZONE SUGGESTIONS...
DROP WATCHES IN ALL BUT THE MID AND UPPER SUSQUEHANNA AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.  SPECIFIC FLOOD WARNINGS FOR STREAMS WILL
CONTINUE IN AREAS WHERE RUNOFF TO LARGER STREAMS CONTINUES.

MODELS AGREE PRETTY WELL ON THE POSITION OF THE LOW OVER
SOUTHEAST PA AND KEEP MOST OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP CONFINED TO THE
NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE STATE.  88D HAS BEEN TRACKING THE PRECIP
NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA...AND MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS OVER
ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA AND AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA.
SATELLITE ALSO SHOWS DRYING IN THE MID AND HIGH LEVELS ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL PA WITH THE MULTI-LAYERED CLOUDS WRAPPED AROUND THE
TOP OF THE UPPER LOW FROM ERI SOUTHEAST TO ABE.  MODELS ALSO
CONCUR THAT UPPER CUT OFF LOW IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE FAST BUT WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST OVER 48 HOURS. COORDINATED WITH PIT AND
PHL BY PHONE AND EXCEPT FOR SOME LAST MINUTE CHANGES CONSENSUS IS
TO KEEP THE WATCHES UP ACROSS UPPER SUSQUEHANNA AND PARTS OF
MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.

CONCURRED WITH PIT THAT GIVEN THE HISTORY...MOS TEMPS ARE TOO
WARM OVERNIGHT  AND SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO MIX WITH RAIN
ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

TED

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

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