Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS State College, PA

Issued

May 11, 1996, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA

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TTAA00 KCTP 111642
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PAC023-047-083-105-123-112200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1240 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...CAMERON COUNTY...ELK COUNTY...MCKEAN COUNTY...POTTER COUNTY
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM OHIO ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.  SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF
ABOUT ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.
 
IN WARREN COUNTY... ROUTE 62 SOUTH OF RUSSELL HAD ROAD FLOODING.
BASEMENTS ARE FLOODED AND SOME EVACTUATIONS WERE REPORTED IN SHEFFIELD.
FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN TIDIOUTE WHERE A BRIDGE WAS DECLARED
UNSAFE.
 
BASEMENTS ARE ALSO REPORTED FLOODED IN MT JEWETT IN MCKEAN COUNTY.
 
RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WILL END ACROSS WARREN COUNTY AROUND
200 PM...BUT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FROM RUNOFF.
RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY 400 PM.
 
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.
 
JUNG
 
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 11, 10:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1015 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996

FLOOD WATCHES LOOK GOOD.   12Z SURFACE ANAL SHOWED THE FRONT
EXTENDING FROM BGM SOUTHWEST TO PIT WITH A WEAK LOW CENTER JUST
SOUTHWEST OF PIT.  HEAVY RAIN TRACKING OUT OF OHIO INTO THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PA.  YNG HAD .95 IN PAST 6 HOURS IN
FAVORABLE LOCATION TO THE EAST OF THE UPPER SHORT WAVE AND JUST
NORTH OF THE WEAK SURFACE LOW.  WE ALSO HAD A SKYWARN REPORT OF
RAIN OF .80 IN KANE SINE 7 AM.  RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
EAST AND NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE UPPER WAVE MOVES EAST
OUT OF OHIO.

CTP RADAR DOWN AWAITING PART.

DUNHAM

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1042 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996

TIME EDT   ...CITY LOCATION..........ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS
           ...COUNTY LOCATION........

0956 AM    LUDLOW                    PA   FLOOD
05/11/96   WARREN                         STREAM FLOODING ALONG
                                          RTE 6 NEAR LUDLOW

1038 AM    SHEFFIELD                 PA   FLOOD
05/11/96   WAR\REN                         BASEMENTS BEING PUMPED
                                          IN SHEFFIELD.

DUNHAM

PAZ056>059-063>066-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1145 AM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996

THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
INCLUDING THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CROSS PENNSYLVANIA TODAY...REACHING THE LOWER
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LATE IN T\HE AFTERNOON.  THIS FRONT WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING.

JUNG

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

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