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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 8:38 PM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2016, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clearfield County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clearfield, PA | NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS IN CLEARFIELD. ROUTE 322 AND 879 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
141 WGUS51 KCTP 030038 FFWCTP PAC033-030345- /O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0001.160603T0038Z-160603T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 838 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 837 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEARFIELD...WOODLAND...PLYMPTONVILLE...LECONTES MILLS...HYDE AND CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4109 7825 4096 7831 4100 7852 4108 7855 $$ KF
2 follow-up statements
077 WGUS71 KCTP 030051 FFSCTP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 851 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016 PAC033-030345- /O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160603T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLEARFIELD PA- 851 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CLEARFIELD COUNTY... AT 846 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS IN CLEARFIELD! 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN...WITH AROUND 3 INCHES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH LATE EVENING WITH OVER AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IN SOME SPOTS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEARFIELD...WOODLAND...PLYMPTONVILLE...LECONTES MILLS...HYDE AND CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4109 7825 4096 7831 4100 7852 4108 7855 $$ KF
165 WGUS71 KCTP 030138 FFSCTP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 938 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016 PAC033-030345- /O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160603T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLEARFIELD PA- 938 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CLEARFIELD COUNTY... AT 935 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING IN THE CLEARFIELD AREA! OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING JUST NORTH OF CLEARFIELD AND OVER 3 INCHES DOWNTOWN. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED, FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES! SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CLEARFIELD...WOODLAND...PLYMPTONVILLE...LECONTES MILLS...HYDE AND CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4109 7825 4096 7831 4100 7852 4108 7855 $$ KF
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Clearfield | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk | 114 min |
| Jun 2, 11:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Clearfield | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Franklin, York | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.