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River Flood Warning 19, NWS State College, PA

April 3, 2024Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2024, 3:37 PM EDT for Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2024, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2024, 3:28 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lebanon County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern (HTVP1). The gauge peaked at 10.46 ft at Apr 4, 2024, 3:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01573000, 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 3, 3:07 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 10:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:31 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 11:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:24 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service State College PA
324 PM EDT Wed Apr 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 NNE Mcconnellsburg    39.98N 77.96W
04/03/2024                   Fulton             PA   Emergency Mngr

            Multiple trees down in a housing development
            in Todd Township.

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JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 11:12 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	38 hr
Apr 3, 12:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	110 min
Apr 3, 2:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	4 hr
Apr 3, 5:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	70 hr
Apr 3, 5:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	6 hr
Apr 3, 5:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	33 hr
Apr 3, 5:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland	49 hr
Apr 3, 6:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata and 1 more	5 hr
Apr 3, 6:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Somerset	16 hr
Apr 3, 7:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	26 hr
Apr 3, 8:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 11:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield, Somerset	88 min
Apr 3, 12:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Snyder, Union	19 hr
Apr 3, 12:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	16 hr
Apr 3, 12:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Fulton	91 min
Apr 3, 2:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Lancaster	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:38 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Perry	8 hr

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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.