Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 27, 1996, 11:41 AM EST for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 7 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
- Jan 27, 1996, 11:41 AM EST (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1996, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntingdon County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 550 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 814 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 271638 FFWCTP PAC061-272345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1141 AM EST SAT JAN 27 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY. RECENT RAIN HAS CAUSED AUGHWICH CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS. MC CLURE ROAD AND ENGHART ROAD ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN THAT MOVED THROUGH AREA. 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. GRUMM/RISHEL
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 Jan 27, 8:30 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 8:30 AM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 830 AM EST SAT JAN 27 1996 SUGGESTIONS: PIT...CUD PROB DROP FLOOD WATCH WEST. MAIN ACTION SEEMS TO BE FUNNELING OVER ERN ZONES. ASIDE FROM GUSTY HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND POSSIBLE TRW WITH FRONT...DON'T THINK QPF'S WILL BE AS HIGH AS OVER EAST. DISCUSSION: STRONG COLD FRONT JUST THROUGH PIT WITH CLASSIC WSHFT TEMP DROP PRESRR. QPF'S SEEM TO BE WORKING OUT FOR THE MOST PART WITH EASTERN AREAS PROBABLY GOING TO RING UP IN THE 1.5 TO 2.5" RANGE. RIVER FORECASTS SHOW MANY POINTS TO GO OVER FLOOD USING QPF'S FROM OVERNIGHT. MAY BE JUST A BIT MORE RAIN THAN EARLIER QPF IN THOSE AREAS WHICH WILL NOT HELP THE WET PEOPLE MUCH. FROPA LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE BETWEEN 14Z AND 15Z AT JST...BETWEEN 15Z AND 16Z AT AOO/UNV...AND 17Z OR SO IN IPT/MDT. AS OF 12Z...GRIDS AND SATELLITE SHOW REGION FIRMLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STRONG THERMALLY DIRECT TRANSVERSE CIRCULATION FEEDING INTO JET STREAK THAT HAS MOVED UP EAST SIDE OF TROF. STRONG DYNAMICS SWINGING THRU BASE OF TROF SHOWS AVN DEPICTION OF JET STREAK FRACTURING AND CREATING A SORT OF COUPLED JET FEATURE...WILL END UP BEING PRETTY CLOSE TO TRUTH. STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTIONS ENHANCING LOW LEVEL JET AND CONVERGENCE CREATING ATMOSPHERE FAVORABLE FOR GOOD RAINS. BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS OVER SERN PA WHERE LOW LEVEL SE FLOW HAS BROUGHT IN HIGH DEWPOINT AIR OVER COASTAL PLAIN INTO MUCH OF SUSQ VALLEY. THIS IS WHERE BEST RAINS AND BEST CHC OF FLOODING WILL BE. OVER WEST...BRIEF GUSTY RW/TRW WITH FRONT MAY CAUSE MORE "FLASHY" LOCALIZED WATER PROBS. GOTTA GO. ...LAKE SNOW FORECAST... SAT NOON TO 7PM...N SAT 7PM TO 7AM...N SUN 7AM TO 7 PM...N LA CORTE FTCN12CWTO 1
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:26 AM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PAZ037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1022 AM EST SAT JAN 27 1996 ...HIGH WIND WARNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ALL OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS DRIVING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OUT AHEAD OF IT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE BEING REPORTED OVER LANCASTER COUNTY...AS WELL AS AT MANY LOCATIONS OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE EAST...CAUSING LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND EVEN THE CHANCE OF THUNDER. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO 0THE AFTERNOON BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THIS STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM. PERSONS CAUGHT OUT IN THE WEATHER SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP. LA CORTE END
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:58 AM EST, 43 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1100 AM EST SAT JAN 27 1996 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG COLD FRONT AND A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD ABATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY TONIGHT AS THE FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND THE LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN CANADA. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. EARLIER TODAY...HIGH WINDS FELLED TREES AND POWER LINES IN MCKEAN COUNTY AND THERE WERE REPORTS OF ROADS CLOSED DUE TO THE DAMAGE. PERSONS DRIVING SHOULD BE CAREFUL OF DEBRIS ACROSS HIGHWAYS. GRUMM/LA CORTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 55 min |
| Jan 27, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield, Elk | 66 min |
| Jan 27, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 66 min |
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.