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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS State College, PA

June 30, 20159 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 30, 2015, 2:14 PM EDT for 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2015, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 Jun 30, 1:20 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:20 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 1:34 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 9:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	32 min
Jun 30, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	60 min
Jun 30, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lebanon	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	54 min
Jun 30, 1:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Schuylkill	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lancaster, York	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	66 min
Jun 30, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	3 hr
Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Lancaster	25 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	3 hr
Jun 30, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata	44 min
Jun 30, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	49 min
Jun 30, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Mifflin, Snyder, Union	53 min
Jun 30, 3:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Snyder, Union	47 min
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	32 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	43 min
Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	55 min
Jun 30, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	56 min
Jun 30, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	66 min
Jun 30, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon	77 min
Jun 30, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon	3 hr
Jun 30, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	3 hr
Jun 30, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	22 min
Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	27 min
Jun 30, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	35 min
Jun 30, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	62 min
Jun 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	76 min
Jun 30, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria	65 min
Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan and 1 more	63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.