Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT for Crawford 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
- Jul 28, 2016, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
416
WGUS51 KCLE 281936
FFWCLE
PAC039-282230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0001.160728T1936Z-160728T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
336 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 332 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN NEAR COCHRANTON. THE STORMS HAS BEEN NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER LAST HOUR WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT EXPECTED. RAPID
RUNOFF CAN OCCUR QUICKLY IN THESE SITUATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 7989 4153 7995 4152 7995 4151 7998
4149 8000 4148 8034 4176 8035 4173 7984
4160 7983
$$
JAMISON2 follow-up statements
053
WGUS71 KCLE 282020
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
PAC039-282230-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160728T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD PA-
420 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 418 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS DRIFTED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS
STILL POSSIBLE AS THE RUNOFF CAUSES AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS
TO FLOOD. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN COCHRANTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 7989 4153 7995 4152 7995 4151 7998
4149 8000 4148 8034 4176 8035 4173 7984
4160 7983
$$
JAMISON618
WGUS71 KCLE 282109
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
509 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
PAC039-282118-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160728T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD PA-
509 PM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4157 7989 4153 7995 4152 7995 4151 7998
4149 8000 4148 8034 4176 8035 4173 7984
4160 7983
$$
BRAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.