Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 21, 2003, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin County, PA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KCTP 212017
FFWCTP
PAC055-212315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
415 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.

* AT 411 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHAMBERSBURG TO SHIPPENSBURG...MOVING
  VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL. A SPOTTER IN CHAMBERSBURG REPORTED ONE HALF INCH
  OF RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES...AND MORE RAIN WILL
  BE ON THE WAY FOR THAT AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATES MORE THAN TWO INCHES
  HAS FALLEN NORTH OF FAYETTEVILLE IN THE LAST HOUR. 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...IN TOWNS LIKE 
FAYETTEVILLE...CHAMBERSBURG....SHIPPENSBURG AND MONT ALTO.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT

$$

LAT...LON 4009 7754 3989 7744 3970 7783 4004 7776

DANGELO/DEVOIR

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 212209
FFSCTP
PAC001-041-055-212245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
559 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003


...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR CUMBERLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES 
UNTIL 645 PM...AND FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM...

AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 
NEAR INTERSTATE 81 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
ADAMS COUNTY. THIS AREA OF RAIN HAS SHOWN A SLIGHT WEAKENING TREND 
AND SOUTHWARD DRIFT OVER THE PAST HOUR. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD 
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
PARTS OF FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES...WITH ONLY SCATTERED LIGHTER 
SHOWERS FALLING NORTH OF A LINE FROM SHIPPENSBURG TO YORK.

AT 530 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A MUDSLIDE AT 
LATIMORE AND STRAYER ROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY...ALONG WITH 5 ROAD 
CLOSURES AND SOME BASEMENTS FLOODED. 

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT HOUR WILL BE 
FROM CHAMBERSBURG...TO BLACKS GAP ALONG ROUTE 30...AND SOUTH TO NEAR 
WAYNESBORO.

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

CAMPERS IN THE WARNED AREA MUST MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

$$

LAT...LON 4018 7765 4008 7732 4011 7709 4007 7716
          4000 7703 3975 7695 3974 7738 3975 7785

LAMBERT/DEVOIR

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.