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Flash Flood Warning 86, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1996, 9:04 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 19, 1996, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1996, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 01:05 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 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 2035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 200105 FFWCTP PAC061-200700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 904 PM EDT WED JUN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY THE AUGHWICK CREEK IN SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY REMAINS HIGH. THE READING AT SHIRLEYSBURG WAS AROUND THE 10 FOOT MARK AT 850 PM AND SLOWLY FALLING. WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT...BUT PERSONS NEAR THE CREEK SHOULD USE CAUTION AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS AND ROADS. FLOODED ROADS ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS FLOODED AREAS ARE HARD TO SEE IN THE DARK. MARTIN
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 Jun 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 800 PM EDT WED JUN 19 1996 LOOKS LIKE BEST LL CONV WOULD BE UP TOWARD ERI...STRONG CELL JUST EAST OF THEM. EXPECT THINGS TO WEAKEN...AS STORMS HEAD INTO MORE STABLE AIR AND DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST...AND BEST FORCING STAYS UP OVER NY. STILL A CHC FOR A FEW HEAVY DUMPERS...ESP. NY/PA BORDER...IF ANYTHING TRYS TO RIDE EASTWARD FROM LAKE ERIE...AND ACROSS SW PA...AS HCELL NEAR PIT TRACKS E-SE. PHI...AS DISC...OK SO FAR. PIT...CAN SEE WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE BEFORE ZONES GO OUT. ACTIVITY SHOULD SHUT DOWN FROM W TO E THU AFT/EVEN. NO COOL WX SEEN ANYWHERE. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Perry | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Fulton | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.