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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS State College, PA

June 5, 201010 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 5, 2010, 4:30 AM EDT for 10 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2010, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 5, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2010, 11:29 AM EDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Flood severity
None

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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 Jun 5, 4:25 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:25 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:30 PM EDT, 6 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:30 PM EDT, 5 hours before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair17 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland14 min
Jun 4, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Elk81 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, York44 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon42 min
Jun 4, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria66 min
Jun 4, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon57 min
Jun 4, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork57 min
Jun 4, 9:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry3 hr
Jun 4, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Lancaster, York53 min
Jun 4, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Perry60 min
Jun 4, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster, York58 min
Jun 4, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin, Lebanon90 min
Jun 5, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren64 min
Jun 5, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean43 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria25 min
Jun 5, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria34 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset29 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCambria, Clearfield, Somerset107 min
Jun 5, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair18 min
Jun 5, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair94 min
Jun 5, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPUnion32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2010Every flash flood watch in 2010

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.