Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 24, 1997, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)

Expired

Jul 24, 1997, 8:30 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Schuylkill County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCTP 240825
FFWCTP
PAC107-241230-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
425 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
 
BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.  ESTIAMTES ARE THAT AT LEAST 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION SINCE
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
 
WHILE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...INDICATIONS
ARE THAT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS
BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF FOR A BRIEF TIME.  IN ADDITION...RADAR
ESTIMATES MAY BE ON THE LOW SIDE.  THEREFORE PERSONS NEAR SMALL
STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW...AS STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIVDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
MARTIN

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 24, 2:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
215 AM EDT THU JUL 24 1997

...ZONE SUGGESTIONS...
PHL...PER CORD LET FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE. KEEP MENTION OF EARLY EVE
SHOWER ACROSS SUS VALLEY.
PIT...TAKE MENTION OF PRECIP OUT OF FCST THIS EVE
AND INSTEAD ADD PATCHY DRIZZLE.

...DISCUSSION...
SFC LOW (REMAINS OF DANNY) MOVING ENE ACROSS S VA. LOW-LEVEL
VORTICTY HELPING TO SPIN-UP SOME TORNADOES ACROSS S VA. ENE FLOW
AND DOWNWARD MOTION ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF LOW HELPING TO SQUELCH
SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS CTP CWA.

RADAR SHOWS RAIN SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE LOWER SUS ATTM WHICH IS
ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL LOW SLIDING EAST. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD
BE EAST OF CWA BY 6 PM.

LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD SLOWLY BACK AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST
LATER TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...WILL LIKELY SEE LOW CIGS AND DRIZZLE
FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT THEN GRADUALLY CLEARING TOWARDS
MORNING. CLD MACRO ON GARP SHOWS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CU DEVLOPING
ACROSS REGION ON FRIDAY SO PTLY SUNNY LOOKS LIKE A GOOD FCST.
PREFER THE FAN GUIDANCE AS IT HAS LESS DIURNAL/NOCTURNAL TEMP DIFF
AND MORE CLDS FCSTED.

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS REGION FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BRING MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPS.

WEAK SHRTWV WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE W LATE FRI AND SKIM THE
NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES ON SAT. AGAIN A PARTLY SUNNY FCST SHOULD
SUFFICE.

WINTHER

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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.