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River Flood Warning 54, NWS State College, PA

September 10, 2018Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2018, 6:27 AM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 10, 2018, 11:18 AM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2018, 6:27 AM EDT (10:27 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2018, 11:18 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
31 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Juniata River at Huntingdon (HUJP1). The gauge peaked at 14.91 ft at Sep 11, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01559000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 10, 5:33 AM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 5:33 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 3:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
336 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

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049>053-056-058-110745-
Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield-
Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-
Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-
Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-
Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Schuylkill-
336 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability of widespread hazardous weather will be low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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Franklin-Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster-
336 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

There will be a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms later this
afternoon or evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability of widespread hazardous weather will be low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:21 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:22 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:24 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:25 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 2:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin and 6 more9 hr
Sep 10, 10:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 8 more9 hr
Sep 10, 10:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPCentre, Clinton3 days
Sep 10, 11:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPCumberland49 hr
Sep 10, 2:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCentre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour and 3 more5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.