Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS State College, PA

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

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-090400-

FLOOD STATEMENT - FLOOD WATCH/WARNINGS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
250 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998

...FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR ALL
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY OF PENNSYLVANIA...THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...
AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA...

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION.

OVERALL...BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED
SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA.  SLIGHTLY HEAVIER
RAIN FELL ACROSS MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES...AND SCHUYLKILL
COUNTIES WITH THESE AREAS GETTING CLOSE TO 3 INCHES IN SPOTS.

BANDS OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS
EVENING.

MANY SMALL STREAMS ARE NEAR BANKFULL OR SLIGHTLY OVER...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN SOME AREAS INTO THIS EVENING.

PERSONS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY
WILL KEEP SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING.

LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION AND FORECAST ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO
...TV OR CABLE TV...OR YOUR FAVORIATE RADIO STATION.

IN ADDITION...AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...REFER TO
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFOMATION.

MARTIN