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Flood Watch 1, NWS State College, PA

January 11, 201816 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flood watch at Jan 11, 2018, 4:34 AM EST for 16 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 11, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2018, 4:34 AM EST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2018, 7:45 AM EST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Flood severity: None

Counties Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Potter County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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 11, 3:27 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 3:27 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 3:45 PM EST, 12 hours 49 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 11, 4:16 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.