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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS State College, PA

June 26, 2025Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2025, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2025, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cumberland County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 242 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2025-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2025-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 7:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
702 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

PAZ037-041-042-046-272315-
Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-
702 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Strong to severe thunderstorms may produce wind damage this
afternoon into the evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ028-049>053-056>059-063>066-272315-
Juniata-Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-
Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster-
702 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-034-045-272315-
Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield-
Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Bedford-
Southern Clinton-
702 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ026-027-035-036-272315-
Huntingdon-Mifflin-Fulton-Franklin-
702 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 464 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:09 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:15 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin, Fulton, Huntingdon48 min
Jun 26, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin, Fulton45 min
Jun 27, 10:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster3 hr
Jun 27, 1:03 PM EDTFlood WatchCTPCambria, Somerset8 hr
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.