Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS State College, PA

Issued

May 5, 1998, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bedford County, PA

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TTAA00 KCTP 060026
FFWCTP
PAC009-060415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
821 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE 

   * FLOOD WARNING FOR
     NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

   * UNTIL 2 AM EDT

   * AT 814 PM EDT HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRACK 
SLOWLY NORTHWEST FROM NEAR THE CITY OF BEDFORD UP THROUGH 
PLEASANTVILLE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC SPOTTERS 
REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS.

WHILE THE TREND WILL BE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO WEAKEN THROUGH LATE 
EVENING...HIGH WATERS FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 
LOCALIZED FLOODING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
STATE COLLEGE PA.

LAT...LON 4015 7819 3991 7831 3995 7876 4032 7863
          4025 7846 4029 7844 4024 7830
LA CORTE

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
315 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 1998

WRKZNS SENT TO PHL AND PIT VIA PHLAFDCTP

...DISCUSSION...

UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON. A CONVERGENCE ZONE HAS SET UP ROUGHLY FROM JUST WEST OF
HARRISBURG TO JUST EAST OF STATE COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN HAS
BEEN PERSISTANT IN THAT AREA...JUST SCATTERED OUTSIDE OF THAT BAND.
6 HOUR FFG GUIDANCE IN THAT AREA IS AROUND 3 INCHES. WITH DEW PTS
ONLY IN THE 50S AND PWATS BELOW AN INCH FEEL THAT 3 INCHES WILL NOT
BE REACHED...ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED 2 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN
BEST TRAINING AREAS. THEREFORE DID NOT GO WITH AN FFA. SHOWERS WILL
PROBABLY BE INHIBITED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BAND EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE AS SOME BREAKS HAVE
DEVELOPED IN PRESENCE OF COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
LOW. THE CONVERGENCE AREA WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THIS
EVENING AS THE UPPER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER SYSTEM IS NOW FORECAST TO TRACK EAST AWAY
FROM PA A BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT WAS SHOWN YESTERDAY. BASED ON MODEL
KS AND LAPSE RATES WENT WITH A CHC POP FOR THE NE 1/3 OF THE CWA.
ELSEWHERE SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY.

NEXT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. WENT WITH
CHC POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST HALF OF THE CWA AND
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH NO POPS FOR THE EAST HALF.

MSE

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

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