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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2014, 1:27 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2014, 1:27 AM EDT (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2014, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cumberland County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812
WGUS51 KCTP 130527
FFWCTP
PAC041-130830-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0007.140613T0527Z-140613T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
127 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 430 AM EDT
* AT 122 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A
NORTH...SOUTH BAND OF TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. UP TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS
BETWEEN CARLISLE AND WALNUT BOTTOM...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF
RAIN IS LIKELY TO FALL BETWEEN 130 AM AND 3 AM. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLISLE...PLAINFIELD...SCHLUSSER...MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS...PINE
GROVE FURNACE...CARLISLE SPRINGS AND PENN STATE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF
LAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 7741 4027 7732 4029 7721 4029 7716
4003 7722 3999 7740
$$
LAMBERT1 follow-up statement
050
WGUS71 KCTP 130802
FFSCTP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
402 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
PAC041-130807-
/O.CAN.KCTP.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140613T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMBERLAND PA-
402 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF THE REGION...AND THE
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD
STILL BE NEAR BANKFULL EARLY TODAY...AND PONDING OF WATER WILL
OCCUR IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS.
LAT...LON 4000 7741 4027 7732 4029 7721 4029 7716
4003 7722 3999 7740
$$
LAMBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk, McKean | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 9:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | McKean, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 113 min |
| Jun 13, 4:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Juniata, Snyder, Union | 118 min |
| Jun 13, 11:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 12:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk, McKean, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, York | 19 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 27 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.