1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 1:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA...CORRECTED FOR FFA 230 PM EDT MON AUG 5 2002 MUCH COOLER WX ON THE WAY...BUT BEFORE IT WORKS ITS WAY IN...WL CONTEND WITH EVENING CONVECTION. TRAINING TSTMS OVER SW ZONES PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALREADY ISSUED FOR BEDFORD CO...AND WITH MORE TSTMS EXPECTED LTR...WL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM. WL ALSO NEED TO WATCH DEVELOPING STORMS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN ZONES...AS WIND FIELDS CONTINUE TO INC TO 30 KTS AROUND 6 KFT...AND EVEN STRONGER ABOVE. WL KEEP SLGHT CHC FOR FAR NW ZONES WHERE A LINGERING SHWR/TSTM MAY STILL DEVELOP...AND WL GO WITH HI CHC POPS FURTHER S AND E. AS FOR TEMPS...WL GO A SHADE ABOVE FWC/MAV BLEND...AS TRUE COOLER/DRIER AIR LAGGING BEHIND FRONT. FOR TUES-WED...SOME LINGERING AM CLOUDS POSSIBLE OVER SW ZONES BEHIND FRONT...OTRW EXPECT M SUNNY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR TUES. ETA BUFKIT IMPLIES SOME GUSTS OVER 20 KTS AT TIMES...SO WL GO WITH BREEZY WORDING. WL GENERALLY STAY CLOSE TO FWC/MAV MOS BLEND FOR MAXS. TUES NIGHT WL SEE RATHER CHILLY READINGS...ALTHOUGH WITH SOME LINGERING CAA AND PRES GRAD...WL NOT BE IDEAL FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING. WL GO CLOSE TO FWC/MAV BLEND. WED MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE WITH JUST SOME FLAT CU/PATCHY CIRRUS PASSING BY. A BIT LESS BREEZY...BUT CONTD COOL. WED NIGHT-FRI...THU AM SHOULD SEE IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING...AND AS SUCH WL GO A BIT BLO EXTENDED MOS NUMBERS. SHOULD EASILY SEE TEMPS BOTTOM OUT NEAR 40 OVER NW AREAS...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME UPPER 30S THRERE AS WELL. OTRW...SUNSHINE WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS FOR THURS...AND EVEN WARMER ON FRI. FRI AM WL STILL BE A TAD CHILLY IN THE NW...WHERE SOME MINS WL BE IN THE LOWER 40S. XTND...CONTINUATION OF FAIR BUT MODERATING TEMPS AS SFC HIGH DRIFTS TO OUR S AND EVENTUALLY OFF E COAST. MREF ENSEMBLES HINT AT TROUGH DIGGING ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS NEXT WEEKEND AND BEYOND...WITH CORRESPONDING HEIGHT RISES OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. OPERATIONAL MRF MOST AMPLIFIED OF ENS MEMBERS...AND ALSO ALLOWS WEAK WARM FRONT TO DRIFT N ALONG APPALACHIANS. THIS WOULD IMPLY WARM AND VERY SOUPY AIR TO INVADE FOR A TIME PERIOD NEXT WEEK. FOR NOW...WL BRING IN CLOUDS FOR SUNDAY...BUT NO MENTION OF RAIN. THINK ANY SHOWERS SHOULD HOLD OFF FOR SUN NIGHT OR MON...WHETHER ITS FROM DAMPENING SHORTWAVE TO OUR N...OR WK WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM S. .CTP...FFA FOR SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COS THROUGH 10 PM. KL
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-052000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 903 AM EDT MON AUG 5 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A COLD FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE AT MID MORNING WILL WILL PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST...REACHING THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...AND THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS EVENING. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...INTO THIS EVENING...AND WILL COME PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAIN OF UP TO AN INCH IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD...AND HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANGERS DURING THUNDERSTORMS IS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM OPEN AREAS...SUCH AS GOLF COURSES...AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. LAMBERT FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP
The State College radar (KCCX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused Flash Flooding in Bedford County. Roads were closed in the town of Hyndman, and remained impassible for about an hour until flood waters receded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, August 2002
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