Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 2:02 PM EST (19:02 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 6:05 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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.

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TTAA00 KCTP 081907 RRA
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PAC009-013-027-035-057-061-087-082305-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CLINTON COUNTY
  CENTRE COUNTY
  BLAIR COUNTY
  HUNTINGDON COUNTY
  MIFFLIN COUNTY
  BEDFORD COUNTY
  FULTON COUNTY

* UNTIL 605 PM EST


* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE
  PAST 24 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS THE AREA
  THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

MANY SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING AT BANKFULL AND ANY ADDED HEAVY
RAIN SHOULD CAUSE FLOODING.  SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS MAY FLOOD
QUICKLY AS ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA.


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, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1255 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998

...ZONE SUGGESTIONS...

PIT/PHL...CALL IF SIG. CHANGES PLANNED.  SEE BELOW FOR MY
2 CENTS WORTH.

...DISCUSSION...

MAIN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER SE PA LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING NEG
TILT AND LIFTING OUT.  SOME HEAVY RAIN OVER SW NY...BUT MAY BE
SOME BRIGHT BANDING.  ALSO MOVING N OUT OF N PA.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER SW PA...BUT MOVING FAIRLY
FAST.

THUS THE WORSE LOOKS LIKE IT IS OVER...THUS DID NOT GO TOO CRAZY
WITH NEW QPS.  MOST LIKELY WILL STILL NEED TO KEEP WATCHES UP
INTO THIS EVENING...BASED ON SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN...AND CURRENT
PATCH WORK OF WARNINGS...UNLESS ECHOES ON RADAR DRY UP AND
WARNINGS CAN DIE BY 4 PM.

MARTIN

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.