Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 18, 1996, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1996, 2:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Bedford County, PA

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TTAA00 KCTP 190259
FFWCTP
PAC009-055-061-190600-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1055 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BEDFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN
COVERING MUCH OF FULTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN ALSO CONTINUED
OVER SOUTHERN BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
SLOWLY COME TO AN END OVER BEDFORD AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES BY
MIDNIGHT...WHILE CONTINUING ACROSS FULTON AND FRANKILIN COUNTIES INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  EVEN IN AREAS WHERE
RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO CAUSE
FLOODING.
 
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD
CLOSURES ACROSS SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON... BEDFORD... FULTON AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES. WATER RESCUES HAVE ALSO BEEN PERFORMED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 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.
 
JUNG
 
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 18, 8:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
810 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

CURRENT FCST LOOK OK...ALONG WITH CURRENT WATCHES...NO CORE
DUMPERS LIKE LAST NIGHT HOWEVER.

SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR AWHILE...BUT SHOULD DIE DOWN
LATER.

LOOKS LIKE SYSTEM MOVING A LITTLE FASTER NOW...THAN MODELS SHOWED
SUNDAY NIGHT...THUS MAY GET MOST OF THE REAL HEAVY RAIN EAST OF
OUR AREA BY WED AFT...BUT THEN MORE IN THE CHC OF SVR...ALTHOUGH
MID LEVEL FLOW NOT REAL STRONG.

GUESS SE STORM IS FCST NOT TO INTERACT WITH CUTOFF...BUT HAVE TO
WATCH.

MARTIN

In the hours before

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-190100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
825 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE WATCH THAT INCLUDED CAMERON...CENTRE...CLINTON...CLEARFIELD
...CAMBRIA...ELK AND SOMERSET COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE THREAT OF SE"VERE WEATHER HAS ENDED...BUT SOME STORMS MAY STILL
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.

MARTIN

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

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.