Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 1996, 8:57 AM EST for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 20, 1996, 8:57 AM EST (13:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1996, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntingdon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 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
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 201358 RRA FFWCTP PAC061-202200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 857 AM EST WED MAR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY HUNTINGDON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT SOME LOWLYING AREAS IN SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING. MC CLURES RD, T378, IS ALREADY COVERED WITH WATER AND ENGART RD, T365, WILL LIKELY BE WATER COVERED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. AUGHWICK CREEK AT SHIRLEYSBURG IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND NOONTIME TODAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA, ALTHOUGH S ELINGERING LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. RISHEL/MICHAUD j
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 Mar 20, 2:06 AM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 2:06 AM EST, 6 hours 51 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 205 AM EST WED MAR 20 1996 PIT...LOOKS LIKE THERE IS 2 LOW CENTERS...MAY BE HARD TO GET MUCH SNOW INTO MUCH OF THE REGION BEFORE THIS EVENING...AS LONG AS OLD LOW REMAINS TO THE WEST. BY THIS EVENING THEN COLDEST AIR AND MOST SNOW WOULD BE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE WEST OF A ROUGH LINE FROM BEDFORD...ALTOONA...TO ELM NY. HIGHEST RISK OF SIG. SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE EXT. NW PA AND INTO NY STATE. PIT...WILL CALL IN A FEW MINUTES. DAYTIME HEATING WILL HURT COLD ADV. COLD AIR WORKS INTO AREA LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...GIVEN WHAT IS LEFT OF IT. SOME SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF W AND C PA INTO THU. WINDS FROM SYSTEM NOT LIKELY TO PICK UP MUCH...AS WE ARE NEAR SFC/UL LOW. MAY PICK UP MORE LATE TONIGHT AND THU. VAD WINDS INDICATE THAT LOW IS STILL TO THE SW OF US. PHL...F.Y.I...HEARD FROM PEMA THE FOLLOWING INFO. EARLIER. 3 ROOFS OFF AROUND 1827 BERKS CO...BETHAL TWNSHIP AND READING. 8000 WITHOUT POWER. LE SNOW NOT LIKELY...BUT NE FLOW OFF ONT. WILL ADD TO OVERALL MOITURE OF SYSTEM...JUST WILL ADD UP TO MORE SNOW...AND THE DELAY OF SPRING. ...LAKE SNOW OUTLOOK... WED 7 AM THRU WED 7 PM...N WED 7 PM THRU THU 7 AM...N THU 7 AM THRU THU 7 PM...N MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:38 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-045-201740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 439 AM EST WED MAR 20 1996 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ...THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOMERSET AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MCKEAN...ELK ...POTTER...CAMERON...CLEARFIELD...CAMBRIA...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. WINTER WEATEHR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRE...NORTHERN CLINTON ...BLAIR...BEDFORD...HUNTINGDON...FULTON...FRANKLIN...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA ...AND WARREN COUNTIES. RAIN HAS ALREADY TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THIS MORNING...AND MOST AREAS WILL HAVE MAINLY SNOW BY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...TO 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. OVERALL...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW WILL BE ON THE WET SIDE...AND GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...THE CHANGEOVER WILL BE SLOWER...AND AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. A DEEP STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN OHIO THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERSONS TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LARGE VARIATION IN CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:39 AM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-045-201740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 439 AM EST WED MAR 20 1996 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ...THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOMERSET AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... ...THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MCKEAN...ELK ...POTTER...CAMERON...CLEARFIELD...CAMBRIA...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. WINTER WEATEHR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRE...NORTHERN CLINTON ...BLAIR...BEDFORD...HUNTINGDON...FULTON...FRANKLIN...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA ...AND WARREN COUNTIES. RAIN HAS ALREADY TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD THIS MORNING...AND MOST AREAS WILL HAVE MAINLY SNOW BY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY THIS EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...TO 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. OVERALL...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE SNOW WILL BE ON THE WET SIDE...AND GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY...THE CHANGEOVER WILL BE SLOWER...AND AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE. A DEEP STORM SYSTEM OVER EASTERN OHIO THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERSONS TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A LARGE VARIATION IN CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.