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River Flood Warning 26, NWS State College, PA

March 11, 2010Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 8:29 PM EST for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 12, 2010, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2010, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2010, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 14, 2010, 1:53 PM EDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Flood severity
Moderate

County Somerset County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 Youghiogheny River at Confluence (CNFP1). The gauge peaked at 13.55 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 12:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03081000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:09 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCTPAdams, Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.