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Flood Watch 1, NWS State College, PA

January 12, 20175 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flood watch at Jan 12, 2017, 4:57 AM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2017, 4:57 AM EST (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2017, 8:20 PM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Cameron County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 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 flood watch went out at Jan 12, 2:38 AM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 2:38 AM EST, 2 hours 19 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
Jan 12, 8:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	McKean, Warren	8 hr
Jan 12, 10:09 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CTP	Warren	3 days
Jan 12, 2:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk, McKean, Potter	49 min
Jan 12, 3:03 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Warren	9 hr
Jan 12, 3:35 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Tioga	40 min
Jan 12, 3:49 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	McKean	6 hr
Jan 12, 4:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union	52 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2017 Every flood watch in 2017

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.