Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 12:26 PM EST (17:26 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 4:30 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Union County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 081727
FFWCTP
PAC037-067-093-097-109-119-082130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1226 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  JUNIATA COUNTY
  UNION COUNTY
  SNYDER COUNTY
  NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
  MONTOUR COUNTY
  COLUMBIA COUNTY

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE
  PAST 24 HOURS...AND RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN CONTINING TO MOVE
  NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  SMALL STREAMS AND ROADS
  MAY FLOOD QUICKLY AS RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.

DUNHAM

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 8, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

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

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.