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River Flood Warning 9, NWS State College, PA

June 21, 2019Elk County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2019, 7:24 AM EDT for Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2019, 7:24 AM EDT (11:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2019, 11:32 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Elk County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clarion River at Ridgway (RDYP1).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03029000, 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 Jun 20, 7:44 PM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:44 PM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 2:28 PM EDT, 16 hours 56 minutes before

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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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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
Jun 21, 1:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk	117 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.