Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 12, 2004, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 2004, 8:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Perry County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KCTP 122032
FFWCTP
PAC099-130030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
427 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER WESTERN PERRY 
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY FROM LANDISBURG WESTWARD TO BLAIN AND 
SOUTHWESTWARD TO BIG SPRING STATE PARK. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE 
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR AND HALF ARE COMMON...WITH 
ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN TWO AND A HALF INCHES. ADDITIONAL 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TRACK OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 630 
PM...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN PERRY COUNTY 
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 
TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4045 7732 4033 7719 4028 7739 4025 7762
      4041 7753

$$

GAD/KL/JV

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 122236
FFSCTP
PAC099-130030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
627 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004


...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM
EDT...

AT 622 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 
ROAD CLOSURES AND MUDSLIDES IN WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN THE VICINITY 
OF BLAIN. ROUTE 17 WAS CLOSED DUE TO WATER...AND WATER WAS ALSO 
COVERING ROUTE 233. IN ADDITION...A MUDSLIDE HAD CLOSED A PORTION OF 
ROUTE 74. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO AN EARLIER REPORT OF A MUDSLIDE ON 
ROUTE 274 3 MILES EAST OF BLAIN.  

AT 625 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL FROM BLAIN TO BIG 
SPRING STATE PARK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 800 PM SHOULD TOTAL A 
HALF INCH OR LESS.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS 
AND EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
HOURS...SO DRIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER 
THE ROAD. 

OBEY ALL MARKED ROAD CLOSURES AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN DRIVERS ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 

$$

GAD

000 
WGUS71 KCTP 130030
FFSCTP
PAC099-130100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
829 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004


...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PERRY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 
WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THIS 
EVENING BEFORE RECEDING LATER TONIGHT. WITH STREAMS AND CREEKS 
CONTINUING TO RUN HIGH...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH 
WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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