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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2005, 12:38 PM EDT for Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 7, 2005, 12:38 PM EDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lebanon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lebanon, PA | 3-4 FEET OF WATER IN TOWN. SEVERAL WATER RESCUES AND PEOPLE STRANDED IN AUTOMOBILES IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CUMBERLAND STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 071639 FFWCTP PAC075-071945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1238 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 1231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN LEBANON COUNTY...JUST EAST OF LEBANON. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES IS THAT UPWARDS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING...HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 4042 7634 4033 7624 4028 7653 4044 7648 $$ FORECASTER: MARTIN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KCTP 071756 FFSCTP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 148 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 PAC075-071945- LEBANON PA- 148 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR LEBANON COUNTY... AT 145 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS THAT PRODUCED UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER WERE ACROSS EASTERN LEBANON COUNTY. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKEN SOME AND WERE EAST OF NEWMANICTOWN. WHILE THE WORSE OF THE STORM IS OVER WITH...FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED UPWARDS OF 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER IN SOME INTERSECTIONS EARLIER WITH WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING...HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 4042 7634 4033 7624 4028 7653 4044 7648 $$ FORECASTER: MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.