Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2016, 12:36 AM EDT for Warren 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 9, 2016, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Warren County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
362 WGUS51 KCTP 090436 FFWCTP PAC123-090730- /O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0003.160709T0436Z-160709T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1236 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 330 AM EDT. * AT 1233 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WARREN...WARREN SOUTH...YOUNGSVILLE...SPRING CREEK...KINZUA DAM... GARLAND...CHAPMAN STATE PARK...STARBRICK AND CLARENDON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 4173 7957 4188 7956 4189 7897 4173 7899 $$ LAMBERT/DEVOIR/RXR/CERU
1 follow-up statement
376 WGUS71 KCTP 090607 FFSCTP FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 207 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 PAC123-090730- /O.CON.KCTP.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160709T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WARREN PA- 207 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY... AT 158 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG DUNNS EDDY ROAD SOUTH OF YOUNGSVILLE. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ANOTHER ONE HALF OF AN INCH...TO ONE INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM...WHICH COULD WORSEN THE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WARREN...WARREN SOUTH...YOUNGSVILLE...SPRING CREEK...KINZUA DAM... GARLAND...CHAPMAN STATE PARK...STARBRICK AND CLARENDON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 4173 7957 4188 7956 4189 7897 4173 7899 $$ LAMBERT/DEVOIR/CERU
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk, Warren | 79 min |
| Jul 8, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 73 min |
| Jul 9, 12:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 80 min |
| Jul 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 31 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.