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River Flood Warning 7, NWS State College, PA

May 6, 2022Cumberland County, York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2022, 6:57 PM EDT for Cumberland County, York County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 7, 2022, 3:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2022, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2022, 3:12 AM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2022, 6:54 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cumberland County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill (CPHP1).

Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01571500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:58 AM EDTFlood WatchCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more34 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2022Every river flood warning in 2022

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.