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River Flood Warning 25, NWS State College, PA

May 12, 2008Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2008, 2:14 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 12, 2008, 7:25 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2008, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2008, 7:25 PM EDT
Expired
May 13, 2008, 4:19 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Flood severity
Minor

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Aughwick Creek at Shirleysburg (SLYP1).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01564512, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 12, 2:08 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:08 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 3:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPAdams, Franklin10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.