Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 27, 2014, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Cumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

290 
WGUS51 KCTP 272121
FFWCTP
PAC041-099-280015-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0013.140727T2121Z-140728T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
521 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
    
* AT 519 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
  A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH OVER ONE AND A HALF 
  INCHES SO FAR...OVER NORTHWEST CUMBERLAND COUNTY. NEW STORMS WITH 
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES ARE DEVELOPING WEST OF THE ORIGINAL 
  NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS...CREATING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS    
  SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PLAINFIELD...SCHLUSSER...NEWVILLE AND BLOSERVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4033 7723 4031 7719 4026 7717 4023 7717
      4017 7743 4024 7747

$$

DEVOIR

389 
WGUS71 KCTP 272158
FFSCTP

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
558 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

PAC041-099-280015-
/O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140728T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-
558 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS THE 
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR AROUND THE BLOSERVILLE AREA. 

THE NEARLY STATIONARY STORMS FROM EARLIER ARE NOW LIFTING NORTHWARD 
INTO PERRY COUNTY. THEREFORE THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SUBSIDE OVER 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY FROM THIS STORM AFTER 600 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 
FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE...AND ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN MAY ARRIVE FROM THE WEST IN THE NEXT HOUR. THEREFORE... 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PLAINFIELD...SCHLUSSER...NEWVILLE AND BLOSERVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4033 7723 4031 7719 4026 7717 4023 7717
      4017 7743 4024 7747

$$

DEVOIR

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.