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River Flood Warning 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2019, 1:04 PM EDT for Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 13, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2019, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2019, 5:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 17:09 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 Apr 13, 2019, 3:00 PM 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 Apr 13, 10:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 10:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 12, 9:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.