Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jan 24, 1999, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)

Expired

Jan 24, 1999, 8:00 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Northumberland County, PA, Union County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCTP 240859
FFWCTP
PAC097-119-241300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
358 AM EST SUN JAN 24 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
  NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

* UNTIL 800 AM EST.

* AT 400 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS RAIN WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

* SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE...WITH SOME OUT OF
  THEIR BANKS. DRY RUN IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IS OUT OF ITS BANKS
  AND FLOODING A TRAILER COURT IN DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. ROUTE 45 IN
  MONTANDON...ALSO IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY...IS CLOSED DUE TO
  FLOODING. BULL RUN IN LEWISBURG IS ALSO OUT OF ITS BANKS.
  ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING WILL ONLY ADD TO THE EXISTING
  FLOODING PROBLEMS.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

.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 24, 2:30 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
230 AM EST MON JAN 24 1999

...WORK ZONES WILL BE SENT BY 330 AM AS PHLADMCTP...
...ZONES TO FOLLOW BETWEEN BY 400 AM...

OTHER THAN TWO RIVER POINTS IN A FLOOD WARNING ATTM (HARPER/S
TAVERN AND HOGESTOWN)...HYDROLOGIC ACTIVITY MUCH QUIETER THAN LAST
NIGHT. ANTICIPATE DROPPING THE FLOOD WARNINGS EARLY TODAY. LOOK FOR
PHLFLSCTP TO ANNOUNCE THE END OF THE FLOOD WARNING. ALSO WILL BE
ISSUING AN EARLY MORNING RVS FOR OTHER HIGH FLOW POINTS ON THE SUSQ.

SNOW AHEAD OF CLIPPER SYSTEM WORKING INTO WESTERN PA ATTM. SNOW HAS
JUST STARTED IN BFD DURING THE PAST HOUR...WITH VSBY/S DOWN TO 4
MILES. EXPECT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF TILL EARLY
MORNING IN MY CWA.

SHORTWAVE...SUPPORTED BY UPPER JET...WORKS ACROSS PA TODAY. THE
STATE REMAINS IN THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF THE JET THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON... SO SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE DAY.
MODELS NOW IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH AROUND .10 LIQUID ACROSS
THE NORTH. THIS STILL MAY BE SOMEWHAT UNDERDONE...AS 6 HR PCPN PLOTS
IN LOWER MI SHOW .10 TO .25 INCHES. OROGRAPHIC ASCENT MAY ALSO HELP
TO GENERATE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTS...SO
WILL GO WITH A 1 TO 3 INCH ACCUM THERE. WILL ALSO BUMP LAURELS UP TO
AROUND AN INCH. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...WILL TAPER SNOW TO SNOW
SHOWERS AND FINALLY JUST LOW CHANCE POPS IN THE LOWER SUSQ.

THINGS CLEAR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS HIGH BUILDS IN. WILL KEEP ZONES
MOSTLY SUNNY TUESDAY...AND ONLY MENTION INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS IN
THE NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY.

.CTP...NONE.

JUNG

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.