Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jan 18, 1999, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)

Expired

Jan 18, 1999, 1:25 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Lancaster County, PA

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TTAA00 KCTP 181533
FFWCTP
PAC071-181825-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1033 AM EST MON JAN 18 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

* UNTIL 125 PM EST.

* AT 1020 AM...DOPPLER RADAR FROM STATE COLLEGE SHOWED SCATTERED
  SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION.

* SHOWERS...COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND SNOWMELT HAVE CAUSED
  SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN LANCASTER COUNTY TO RISE
  SIGNIFICANTLY. AT 1020 AM...MILL CREEK AT SMOKETOWN WAS 8.1 FEET
  AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET.

  PEQUEA CREEK AT PARADISE IS ALSO RISING. THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET
  WITH A FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. IT IS EXPECTED THAT FLOODING AT
  PARADISE WILL ALSO OCCUR.

  COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT ROUTE 772 IS CLOSED IN
  WEST EARL TOWNSHIP IN THE VILLAGE OF TALMAGE.

  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND PONDING OF
  WATER ON ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AS MORE RAIN MOVES
  INTO THE AREA.

RESIDENTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING
TODAY...AS SOME ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY
FLOODWATERS.

.END/ JUNG

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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 18, 10:30 AM EST, 3 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1030 AM EST MON JAN 18 1999

...WORK ZONES OUT AT 930 AS PHLADMCTP...
...ZONES OUT BY 11 AM AS PHLZFPCTP...

UPPER LO...SEEN IN THE SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR SOUTHERN LK
MICHIGAN...WILL PROGRESS NE TODAY. DARKENING IN WV IMAGERY OVER OHIO
VALLEY REVEALING THE VORT MAX THAT IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO PA LATE
TODAY. REGIONAL RADAR LOOP SHOWING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO IN ADVANCE OF THE SFC COLD FRONT.
RECENT LIGHTNING DATA SUGGESTING THAT THUNDER WILL BE CONFINED TO
EXTREME SE PA...WHERE INFLUX OF LL MOISTURE IS THE GREATEST. WILL
KEEP THE FFA GOING THROUGH THE AFTN BECAUSE MINOR FLOODING STILL
SEEMS LIKELY AS PRE-FRONTAL RAIN BAND MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTN. IN
FACT...SOME STREAMS IN LANCASTER CO ALREADY FLOODING IN RESPONSE TO
RAINS OVERNIGHT. ALSO...FLASH FLOOD THREAT EXISTS AS A RESULT OF
POSSIBLE ICE JAMS ALONG SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS. HAVE ADDED THE
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS EXTREME NW FOR LATE THIS AFTN GIVEN LATEST
ETA SOUNDINGS.

.CTP...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHERN HALF OF
CENTRAL PA. WILL RE-ISSUE PHLSPSCTP FOR CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK IN THE
LOWER SUSQ VALL.

FITZGERALD

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