Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 1996, 6:34 PM EDT for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 116 min. 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 22, 1996, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1996, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Somerset County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 222236 FFWCTP PAC111-230030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 634 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY HEAVY RAINS HAVE DUMPED OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN. A FEW MORE SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. SOME ROAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP...AND ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING OF ROADS. 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. & 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 22, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 155 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 PARTS OF PA/OH/NY IN WARM SECTOR NOW...STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PRESENT. BEST WIND FIELDS OUT OF OUR AREA...BUT CANT RULE OUT ISOL. TORNADOES. EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTION TO BE OUT OF OUR AREA AFTER A FEW MORE HOURS...GIVEN SPEED. TEMPS WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY...A NICE DAY. PHI...WORK ZONES LOOK OK...JUST CAM(E IN...SO I DID NOT LOOK AT MUCH. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1248 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 664 AND 665 ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST UNTIL 6 PM EDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... IN THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND UPPER SUSQUEHANNA WARREN MCKEAN POTTER TIOGA AND SULLIVAN IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ELK CAMERON CLINTON CLEARFIELD CENTRE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS CAMBRIA BLAIR HUNTINGDON SOMERSET BEDFORD AND FULTON IN THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LYCOMING UNION SNYDER NORTHUMBERLAND MONTOUR COLUMBIA MIFFLIN JUNIATA AND PERRY IN THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT FRANKLIN CUMBERLAND ADAMS YORK DAUPHIN LEBANON LANCASTER AND SCHULYKILL THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD. BUDD
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 510 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR MOST OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EDT... ...THE EXCEPTION IS PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 10 PM... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE NEW WATCH AREA UNTIL 10 PM. ...MONTOUR...COLUMBIA...SCHUYLKILL...NORTHUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN ...PERRY...CUMBERLAND...YORK...LEBANON...AND LANCASTER. THE WATCH FOR WARREN MCKEAN POTTER TIOGA SULLIVAN ELK CAMERON CLINTON CLEARFIELD CENTRE CAMBRIA BLAIR HUNTINGDON SOMERSET BEDFORD AND FULTON LYCOMING UNION SNYDER MIFFLIN JUNIATA FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE MOST AREAS WILL NOT SEE ANY MORE STORMS...A FEW STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:19 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR MOST OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 6 PM EDT... ...THE EXCEPTION IS PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WHERE ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE NEW WATCH AREA UNTIL 10 PM. ...MONTOUR...COLUMBIA...SCHUYLKILL...NORTHUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN ...PERRY...CUMBERLAND...YORK...LEBANON...AND LANCASTER. THE WATCH FOR WARREN MCKEAN POTTER TIOGA SULLIVAN ELK CAMERON CLINTON CLEARFIELD CENTRE CAMBRIA BLAIR HUNTINGDON SOMERSET BEDFORD AND FULTON LYCOMING UNION SNYDER MIFFLIN JUNIATA FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE MOST AREAS WILL NOT SEE ANY MORJE STORMS...A FEW STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 81 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 55 min |
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.