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River Flood Warning 4, NWS State College, PA

March 22, 2019Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Mar 22, 2019, 5:54 AM EDT for Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 22, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2019, 5:54 AM EDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lebanon County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern (HTVP1). The gauge peaked at 9.05 ft at Mar 22, 2019, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01573000, 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 Mar 22, 5:23 AM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 5:23 AM EDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 22, 1:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
110 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GREENCASTLE             39.79N  77.73W
03/22/2019  M2.15 INCH       FRANKLIN           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24-HOUR RAINFALL.

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EVENT NUMBER CTP1901151

JRB

Local storm report, Mar 22, 1:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
146 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NEW FRANKLIN            39.88N  77.64W
03/22/2019  M2.20 INCH       FRANKLIN           PA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            24-HOUR RAINFALL.

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EVENT NUMBER CTP1901152

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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
Mar 21, 9:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	5 hr
Mar 21, 11:59 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland, York	30 hr
Mar 22, 2:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	3 hr
Mar 22, 4:19 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin and 6 more	15 hr
Mar 22, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	27 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.