Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 19, 2011, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Bedford County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS51 KCTP 191942
FFWCTP
PAC009-192245-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0034.110819T1942Z-110819T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
342 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING FROM A STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER
  WEST-CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  MANNS CHOICE...SCHELLSBURG...AND BEDFORD.

RAIN GAGE REPORTS IN THE AREA INDICATE THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH 
OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 7842 3990 7849 3992 7869 4002 7874
      4008 7865

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FORECASTER: DANGELO

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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.