Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 11:42 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 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
- Jan 8, 1998, 11:42 AM EST (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 1998, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 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 081643 FFWCTP PAC001-043-071-075-107-133-082045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1142 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...ADAMS COUNTY...DAUPHIN COUNTY...LANCASTER COUNTY ...LEBANON COUNTY...SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...YORK COUNTY BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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 Jan 8, 8:45 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 8:45 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 845 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998 ...ZONE SUGGESTIONS... PIT/PHL...CALL IF SIG. CHANGES PLANNED. ...DISCUSSION... ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES OVERNIGHT. NO SIG. PROBLEMS SO FAR ...EXCEPT WARREN. TRIED A SEVERE WARNING...NEG FOR DAMAGE SO FAR. LOOKS LIKE SOME SHOWERS NOW AND THEN...WILL LOOK AT THIS AFT TO SEE IF ANY MORE SIG. RAIN EXPECTED LATER ON. MARTINV
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 10:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 66 min |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Warren | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:26 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Union | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Huntingdon | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:17 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cameron | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Perry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.