Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 198, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 1996, 1:48 PM EST for Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 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
- Nov 8, 1996, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1996, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tioga County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Nov 8, 9:56 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 9:56 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 950 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 ...ZONE SUGGESTIONS/COORDINATION... PER CORD WILL KEEP FFA AS IS...TOR WATCH FOR CENTRAL PA INCLUDING THE LOWER SUS TIL 3 PM. GETTING REPORTS OF SEVERE FLOODING ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL PA...ESPECIALLY TIOGA COUNTY WHERE EVACUATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE. ALSO GOT REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS S PA WITH SHARP SQUALL LINE FEATURE. COLD FRONT TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST NEXT 12 HRS...HVY RAINS FOR E PA A GOOD BET THIS AFTN. TRW WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. ...LAKE SNOW OUTLOOK... FRI 12 NOON - 7PM...N FRI 7PM - SAT 7AM...N SAT 7AM - SAT 7PM...Y (LATE IN THE PERIOD) WINTHER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PAZ012-018-019-026>028-035>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 935 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE: ADAMS... CENTRE... CLINTON... DAUPHIN... HUNTINGDON... LANCASTER... SNYDER... FRANKLIN... JUNIATA... LEBANON... LYCOMING... NORTHUMBERLAND... SOMERSET... TIOGA... CUMBERLAND... FULTON... MIFFLIN... MONTOUR... PERRY... SCHUYLKILL... SULLIVAN... UNION... YORK. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS> CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Nov 8, 10:55 AM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Nov 8, 10:57 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010-011-017>019-024>027-033>035-301800- STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1055 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 ...PROBABLE TORNADO IN BEDFORD COUNTY... REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN BEDFORD COUNTY INDICATE THAT A TORNADO PROBABLY TOUCHED DOWN IN WOLFSBURG ABOUT 830 AM EST THIS MORNING. 9 HOMES AND 2 BUSINESSES WERE DAMAGED...1 HOME AND 2 GARAGES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. 3 HOMES AND A TRAILER WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. TWO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THERE WERE NO DEATHS. AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD IN WOLFSBURG. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS EVENT WAS PROBABLY A TORNADO. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLAN TO SURVEY THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DUNHAM
Local storm report, Nov 8, 11:15 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1115 AM EST FRI NOV 08 1996
...THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER AND
FLOODING OBSERVED DURING THE SEVERE WX AND FLASH FLOOD EVENT FRIDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS MAY BE MADE AFTER FURTHER INFORMATION
IS RECEIVED AND PROCESSED...
TIME EST ...CITY LOCATION..........ST ...EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY LOCATION........
650 AM BEDFORD PA FLOODING
11/08/96 BEDFORD STREET AND BASEMENT
FLOODING
820 AM WELLSBORO PA FLOODING
11/08/96 TIOGA SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
830 AM WOLFSBURG PA TORNADO
11/08/96 BEDFORD HOUSE DESTROYED
TREES/WIRES DOWN
915 AM SMITH TWP PA WIND DAMAGE
11/08/96 BEDFORD WIRES DOWN ON RT 22
930 AM WARRIORS MARK TWP PA WIND DAMAGE
11/08/96 HUNTINGDON POWER POLES/TREES
DOWN ON SR 4025
940 AM STATE COLLEGE PA WIND DAMAGE
11/08/96 CENTRE 55 MPH GUST
1005 BURNHAM PA WIND DAMAGE
11/08/96 MIFFLIN ROOF OFF CAR WASH
FITZGERALDSpecial weather statement, Nov 8, 11:52 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1152 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM... CLINTON... CENTRE... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... FRANKLIN... FULTON... AND HUNTINGDON. THE COLD FRONT...RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN BEDFORD COUNTY...HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES IS OVER ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. BEHIND THE FRONT...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROLONG THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING INTO LATE AFTERNOON. FITZGERALD
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 11:54 AM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1152 AM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM... CLINTON... CENTRE... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... FRANKLIN... FULTON... AND HUNTINGDON. THE COLD FRONT...RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN BEDFORD COUNTY...HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES IS OVER ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. BEHIND THE FRONT...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROLONG THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING INTO LATE AFTERNOON. FITZGERALD
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 8:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 49 min |
| Nov 8, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Fulton, Huntingdon | 72 min |
| Nov 8, 9:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 9:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 62 min |
| Nov 8, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 69 min |
| Nov 8, 10:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 49 min |
| Nov 8, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Montour, Northumberland | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 11:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 66 min |
| Nov 8, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 56 min |
| Nov 8, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 59 min |
| Nov 8, 3:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.