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River Flood Warning 10, NWS State College, PA

April 2, 2024Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2024, 3:34 PM EDT for Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2024, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2024, 5:26 AM EDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Blair County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Juniata River at Spruce Creek (SPKP1). The gauge peaked at 10.62 ft at Apr 3, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 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 01558000, 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 2, 3:28 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:28 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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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
Apr 2, 5:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cambria	119 min
Apr 2, 10:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	4 hr
Apr 2, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	83 min
Apr 2, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	118 min

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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.