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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS State College, PA

August 31, 200633 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 31, 2006, 11:39 AM EDT for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2006, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 2, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Flood severity
None
All 33 counties

Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 31, 11:19 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:19 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.