Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 19, 1996, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1996, 5:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adams County, PA, Franklin County, PA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 190502
FFWCTP
PAC001-009-055-057-061-190900-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
100 AM EDT WED JUN 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...BEDFORD COUNTY...FRANKLIN COUNTY
   ...FULTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM FULTON COUNTY EASTWARD TO ADAMS COUNTY.
THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT. RADAR INDICATES
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
BORDER. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF LAST EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM BEDFORD COUNTY EAST TO ADAMS
COUNTY AND OVER FAR SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
 
FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT
20 TO 30 FAMILIES ARE BEING EVACUATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THERE
ARE ALSO NUMEROUS VEHICLES STRANDED IN HIGH WATERS IN THE WARNING AREA.
BEDFORD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STILL REPORTS NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADWAYS AND MANY ROADS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STILL FLOODED.
 
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.
 
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.
 
NICOSIA
 
 
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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, 4 hours 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.