Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS State College, PA

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 170132
FFSCTP
PAC001-133-170330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
931 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004


...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN YORK AND 
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

AT 925 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
FROM LITTLESTOWN TO NEW SALEM TO SHREWSBURY. THE RAIN IS NEARLY 
STATIONARY.  THE RAINFALL WAS WEAKENING...BUT WAS HOLDING IN PLACE 
OVER SOUTHERN YORK AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES. THE RAIN WILL 
LAST THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM.

ONE ROAD HAS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED IN UNION TOWNSHIP...ADAMS COUNTY 
DUE TO HIGH WATER.  RADAR ESTIMATES PUT PRECIPITATION TOTALS NEAR 3 
INCHES ALONG THE YORK-ADAMS COUNTY BORDER AND NEAR 2.5 INCHES NEAR 
THE TOWN OF CODORUS IN YORK COUNTY. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO THE 
SOUTH AND TO THE EAST OF HANOVER. SOME PLACES THAT MAY EXPERIENCE 
HIGH WATER INCLUDE LEFEVRE...MOUNT PLEASANT...PLEASANT 
HILL...PENTLAND... JEFFERSON...AND GLEN ROCK. 

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.

$$

DANGELO

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 170226
FFSCTP
PAC001-133-170330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1027 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004


...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR YORK AND ADAMS 
COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE LOCAL STREAMS AND 
CREEKS 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...AND TO BE ESPECIALLY 
CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE IF THE ROADWAY AHEAD 
MAY BE FLOODED. 

$$

DANGELO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
440 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

.UPDATE...
WL JUST THROW IN AN EVENING PERIOD TO COVER ON-GOING PRECIP (SOME
HEAVY) IN THE LAURELS AND SC MTS. WL LEAVE POPS FOR THE REST OF THE
NIGHT ALONE.
&&

.AVIATION...
THE FOLLOWING WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

VFR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS N PA...WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE FAIRLY LOW.

OTHERWISE...MAINLY MVFR IN LOWER CLDS AND HZ AT TIMES THIS AFT...
AS DEWPOINTS ARE CLIMBING INTO THE AWFUL RANGE.

EXPECT MVRF TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT...AS WARM FRONT
MOVES NORTHWARD...AND SHOWERS AND STORMS BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD.
SOME IFR EXPECTED IN HEAVIER STORMS AND AREAS OF LOWER CLDS AND
FOG LATE.

SOME VRF POSSIBLE FOR A BRIEF TIME THU AFT...BUT HZ WILL BE
WIDESPREAD IN WARM SECTOR.
&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
THE FOLLOWING WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO SPLIT CWA...AND ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY
IN THE AIR TO AGAIN PRODUCE SCATTERED TSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
MOISTURE WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS EVEN MORE OF A TROPICAL
WAVE SLIDES UP THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND GETS PUSHED EASTWARD
ACROSS CWA ON THU.  MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIP WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO
NW COUNTIES LATER TONIGHT AND THEN ACROSS MUCH OF CWA ON THU.
POTENTIALLY MAY NEED A FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF CWA TOMORROW IF
HEAVIER SLOW MOVING CONVECTION BECOMES EVIDENT...MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF CURRENT WARM FRONT.

WAVE MOVES EAST THU NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT LINGERING
SHOWERS/TSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN FORECAST THROUGH THEN.
&&

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
THE FOLLOWING WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AT 228 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO MID ATLANTIC STATES BY FRI NIGHT...ENDING
PRECIP CHANCES FOR 24-36 HOURS.  BUT BOUNDARY AGAIN EDGES BACK
NORTHWARD AS TROUGH/COOL FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
MON/TUE.  POSITION BETWEEN THESE TWO FRONTS WARRANTS MENTION OF LOW
CHANCE POPS EACH DAY IN LATER PERIOD.
&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...NONE.
&&

UPDATED BY:   DANGELO

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
544 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-170943-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
544 AM EDT WED JUN 16 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. SOME MAY CAUSE HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE...NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.