Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2016, 7:31 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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 4, 2016, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bedford County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Hyndman, PA | STREAMS OUT OF BANKS |
| Jun 4, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Rainsburg, PA | BLACK VALLEY ROAD CLOSED WITH 18 INCHES OF WATER ON ROAD |
| Jun 4, 9:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Lake Gordon, PA | MUDSLIDE...EST 3 INCHES OF RAIN |
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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
805
WGUS51 KCTP 042331
FFWCTP
PAC009-050230-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0002.160604T2331Z-160605T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
731 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 MORE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE GORDON AND HYNDMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 7881 3982 7876 3996 7876 3988 7833
3972 7847
$$
RXR2 follow-up statements
162
WGUS71 KCTP 050125
FFSCTP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
925 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
PAC009-050230-
/O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160605T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEDFORD PA-
925 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...
AT 921 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN.
THE RAIN IS OFF TO THE EAST OF THE AREA NOW. THE WATER MAY STILL BE
RISING AND ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS MAY FLOOD. HOWEVER...WITH NO
ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS...THE WATER SHOULD START TO
RECEDE IN THE NEXT HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAKE GORDON...LAKE KOON...RAINSBURG AND HYNDMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 7881 3982 7876 3996 7876 3988 7833
3972 7847
$$
DANGELO126
WGUS71 KCTP 050230
FFSCTP
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1030 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
PAC009-050239-
/O.EXP.KCTP.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160605T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BEDFORD PA-
1030 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. ONLY SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. SO, THE FLOOD WATERS WILL START TO RECEDE IN THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3973 7881 3982 7876 3996 7876 3988 7833
3972 7847
$$
DANGELOThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Fulton, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.