Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)

Expired

Jan 8, 1998, 6:45 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Perry County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KCTP 081942
FFWCTP
PAC041-055-099-082345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  FRANKLIN COUNTY
  PERRY COUNTY
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY

* UNTIL 645 PM EST


* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL ACROSS THE AREA IN THE PAST 24
  HOURS AND MANY SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN FULL.  ALTHOUGH THERE WAS
  A BREAK IN THE RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL
  CROSS THE AREA FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATFER BEGINS
RISING.

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 50 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.