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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2018, 4:06 PM EDT for Bedford County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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 20, 2018, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bedford County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 20, 6:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | New Baltimore, PA | COVERED BRIDGE WASHED OUT NEAR NEW BALTIMORE |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Diehl, PA | WATER RUSHING ACROSS SHERRY RD NORTH OF BRIDGE OVER COVE CREEK. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
284 WGUS51 KCTP 202006 FFWCTP PAC009-111-202300- /O.NEW.KCTP.FF.W.0008.180620T2006Z-180620T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service State College PA 406 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2018 The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Bedford County in south central Pennsylvania... Southeastern Somerset County in south central Pennsylvania... * Until 700 PM EDT.. * At 405 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated additional thunderstorms moving into the area and will produce heavy rain across places which have already received up to 2 inches of rain today. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Buffalo Mills, Lake Gordon, Hyndman, Manns Choice, New Baltimore and Rainsburg. 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 3982 7892 4009 7874 3989 7838 3974 7840 $$ Dangelo
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CTP | Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset | 12 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 113 min |
| Jun 20, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 6 hr |
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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.