Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2004, 9:01 PM EDT for Columbia County, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2004, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Columbia County, PA, Lycoming County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fairmount Spgs, PA | NUMEROUS WASHED OUT ROADS. CREEKS OUT OF BANKS. ALSO IN HUNLOCK CREEK TWP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCTP 270107
FFWCTP
PAC037-081-270700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
901 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
LYCOMING COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A NEARLY STATIONARY EAST TO WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE
RATE OF ONE AND ONE HALF...TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER IN THE WARNED
AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LYCOMING COUNTY AND NORTHERN COLUMBIA
COUNTY. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE FLASH FLOODING ARE JERSEY
SHORE...WILLIAMSPORT...MUNCY...PICTURE ROCKS...HUGHESVILLE...
UNITYVILLE...BENTON AND CENTRAL.
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.
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT
ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.
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 4128 7737 4110 7720 4115 7672 4113 7629
4132 7633
$$
LAMBERT2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KCTP 270238 FFSCTP PAC037-081-270830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1037 PM EDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLUMBIA AND LYCOMING COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT... AT 1031 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEGUN. THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD CAUSED A MUDSLIDE ALONG ROUTE 442 IN SOUTHERN LYCOMING COUNTY. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDE 3 FEET OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS FOGELMAN ROAD BETWEEN MUNCY AND CLARKSTOWN. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...THE WATER IS RUNNING OFF INTO THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA. THESE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL RAPIDLY FLOOD...POSSIBLY WASHING OUT ROADS AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AGAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 3 AM EDT FOR LYCOMING AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. LAT...LON 4128 7737 4110 7716 4112 7627 4135 7636 $$ DANGELO
000 WGUS71 KCTP 270404 FFSCTP PAC037-081-270800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1203 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FOR COLUMBIA AND LYCOMING COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AROUND 11 PM...AND THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. $$ DANGELO
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Union | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.