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River Flood Warning 11, NWS State College, PA

April 2, 2024Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2024, 11:12 PM EDT for Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 11:29 PM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2024, 11:12 PM EDT (03:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2024, 11:29 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2024, 1:12 PM EDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

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 03:16 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 Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Williamsburg (WIBP1). The gauge peaked at 15.47 ft at Apr 3, 2024, 6:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01556000, 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, 8:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 11:37 AM EDT, 11 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 12:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBlair, Cambria, Clearfield110 min
Apr 3, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield4 hr
Apr 3, 5:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPCentre, Clinton70 hr
Apr 3, 5:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Somerset6 hr
Apr 3, 5:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPHuntingdon33 hr
Apr 3, 5:06 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPCumberland49 hr
Apr 3, 6:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata and 1 more5 hr
Apr 3, 6:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPSomerset16 hr
Apr 3, 7:08 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPHuntingdon26 hr
Apr 3, 8:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCameron, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 5 more3 hr
Apr 3, 11:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCambria, Clearfield, Somerset88 min
Apr 3, 12:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPSnyder, Union19 hr
Apr 3, 12:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin16 hr
Apr 3, 12:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Fulton91 min
Apr 3, 2:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPLancaster6 hr
Apr 3, 3:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill24 hr
Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPPerry8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.