Alert archive / Pennsylvania / River Flood Warnings in 2019

River Flood Warning 7, NWS State College, PA

April 15, 2019Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2019, 5:23 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 15, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2019, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2019, 5:18 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dauphin County, PA, Lebanon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Swatara Creek near Hershey (HERP1). The gauge peaked at 7.15 ft at Apr 16, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate4681004/1504/1604/17
Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01573560, 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 15, 4:47 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 4:47 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 3:57 AM EDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 12:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, Apr 15, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPWarren57 min
Apr 14, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams29 min
Apr 14, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk, McKean, Warren64 min
Apr 14, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPWarren4 hr
Apr 14, 9:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPElk, McKean4 hr
Apr 14, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Elk, McKean, Potter56 min
Apr 14, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria, Clearfield, Somerset48 min
Apr 14, 9:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill3 hr
Apr 14, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Clearfield42 min
Apr 14, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Somerset43 min
Apr 14, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming36 min
Apr 14, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Potter29 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPColumbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill3 hr
Apr 14, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clearfield48 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter, Tioga55 min
Apr 14, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 1 more47 min
Apr 14, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton, Lycoming94 min
Apr 14, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin and 2 more86 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry49 min
Apr 14, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga59 min
Apr 15, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin48 min
Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan52 min
Apr 15, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York53 min
Apr 15, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster, York60 min
Apr 15, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster32 min
Apr 15, 3:29 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill26 hr
Apr 15, 3:49 AM EDTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin and 11 more16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2019Every 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.