Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1997, 4:14 AM EDT for Bedford County, Blair County, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 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 2, 1997, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1997, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 020816 FFWCTP PAC009-013-021-111-021315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 414 AM EDT MON JUN 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...WESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY...WESTERN BLAIR COUNTY ...CAMBRIA COUNTY...SOMERSET COUNTY BANDS OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION INTO MID MORNING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. THIS AREA RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST WEEKEND. POOR DRAINAGE AND BASEMENT FLOODING IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION...SMALL STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES. MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...E VEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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 2, 12:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1235 AM EDT MON JUN 2 1997 ...SUGGESTIONS... ...PIT/PHL...CALL IF SIG CHANGES PLANNED...THANKS. ...DISCUSSION... SO FAR ONLY SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN TODAY. LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE CALMING DOWN FOR NOW...AS PAST MAX HEATING...AND SOUNDINGS NOT REAL UNSTABLE. TEMPS WILL DEPEND ON AMT OF CLDS TODAY...GUESS MOST AREAS WILL NOT WARM UP LIKE LAST 2 DAYS. WILL SEND QPS AROUND 5 AM. WILL BE FUNCTION OF WHAT IS SEEN AT THAT TIME AND WHATEVER ELSE I GOT TO WORK WITH. IN GENERAL...LOOKS LIKE TWO AREAS OF HEAVIER PCPN. ONE N AND W OF INVERTED TROUGH...AS BEEN THE CASE THE LAST 2 NIGHTS...AND ONE BETWEEN COLD FRONT AND TROPICAL WARM FRONT. THE SOUTHERN FRONT IS THE ONE THAT MAY KEEP SOME SIG. PCPN OVER S PA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...WHILE N ONE IS LIKELY TO KEEP SOME PCPN OVER PA LATER TONIGHT AND TUE. LONG TERM AS RIDGE EXPANDS...ENTIRE MESS SOUzTH BE PUSHED S. CURRENT WX PATTERN IS HARD TO FCST OFF...AND IS OUT OF CONTROL WHEN ONE LOOKS AT WHAT IS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS NOW. TO MAKE IT WORSE...GUESS THERE IS A SWING IN THE QBO NOW OCCURRING. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.