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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS State College, PA

May 9, 201311 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood watch at May 9, 2013, 4:09 AM EDT for 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 9, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2013, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 9, 2013, 1:40 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Clinton County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 May 9, 2:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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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.