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River Flood Warning 28, NWS State College, PA

December 12, 2008Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2008, 2:09 AM EST for Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 9:21 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2008, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2008, 9:21 AM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2008, 2:21 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Dauphin County, PA, Lebanon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Swatara Creek near Hershey (HERP1). The gauge peaked at 7.10 ft at Dec 12, 2008, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01573560, 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 Dec 11, 3:51 PM EST, 10 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 3:51 PM EST, 10 hours 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 7:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Lancaster and 4 more	6 hr
Dec 12, 2:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland, York	8 hr
Dec 12, 2:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	20 hr
Dec 12, 2:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin	32 hr
Dec 12, 5:31 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CTP	Warren	9 hr

Nearby

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