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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

June 1, 2007York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 7:58 PM EDT for York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2007, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 116 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KCTP 012358
FFWCTP
PAC133-020200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
758 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

* AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN EAST WEST LINE OF SLOW MOVING 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL YORK COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BROGUE...  
HALLAM...SHENKS FERRY...WINDSOR...WRIGHTSVILLE AND EAST PROSPECT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3987 7657 3978 7645 3985 7636 3991 7641
      3995 7647 4008 7655 4006 7669 3996 7664
      3997 7662

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair55 min
Jun 1, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair55 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre50 min
Jun 1, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPSomerset3 hr
Jun 1, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair47 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield61 min
Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork55 min
Jun 1, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork3 hr
Jun 1, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork42 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill56 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPSchuylkill3 hr
Jun 1, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster3 hr
Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPUnion59 min
Jun 1, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming29 min
Jun 1, 7:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

Sources

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