Flood, Northern Clinton
- When
- November 19, 9:00 PM EST to November 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Clinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Pennsylvania, November 19 to 20, 2003
Heavy rain caused Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Creek Station to exceed flood stage. 34 feet at 23:00 EST on the 19th, then fell back below flood stage at 05:00 EST on the 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
Heavy rain caused Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Creek Station to exceed flood stage. The creek rose above the flood stage of 11.0 feet at 21:00 EST on the 19th, crested at 11.34 feet at 23:00 EST on the 19th, then fell back below flood stage at 05:00 EST on the 20th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 19, 7:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 7:35 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 735 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 .UPDATE... HAVE CANCELLED FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS RAIN IS ENDING/HAS ENDED NICELY. MANY PLACES STILL EXPERIENCING SIG WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS. FRONT MADE A 46 MPH GUST AS IT CAME THROUGH TOWN. CLDS CUT OFF INWRN PA NOW...AND CLRNG ADVANCING. CLDS FM LK HURON ARE SNEAKING DOWN FM THE NW THO. WL UPDATE TEXT FCST IN SHORT ORDER. DANGELO && .PREV DISCUSSION... QUITE AN EVENTFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CWA TODAY. PLENTY OF REPORTS OF WATER IN BASEMENTS AND ROADS CLOSED FROM HIGH WATER EARLIER - IN ADDITION TO SOME GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AHEAD OF HEAVIEST RAIN BAND. STEADY RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH HEAVIER RAINS STILL POSSIBLE... BEFORE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM LIFTS TO THE EAST AND THE PRECIP SHIELD ERODES FROM W TO E. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES WITH URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY OUT FOR THE E THIS EVENING UNTIL THINGS BEGIN TO CALM DOWN. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL STAY UP ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE MORNING FOG. HIGH PRESSURE THEN TAKES CONTROL BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ONLY SMALL SCALE CHANGES TO EXTENDED WITH ONLY LIMITED TIME TO WORK WITH. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 11:14 AM EST, 9 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-191815- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1114 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVAIA INTO THIS EVENING. RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH A FEW SPOTS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY FORM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 3:11 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PAZ028-050-052-056>059-063>066-192045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 311 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ADAMS...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...JUNIATA...LANCASTER...LEBANON... NORTHUMBERLAND...PERRY...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER AND YORK. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 5:06 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PAZ012-018-019-025>027-034-035-045-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 506 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEDFORD...HUNTINGDON...BLAIR...MIFFLIN...FULTON...CENTRE AND CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 500 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RENOVO TO PHILIPSBURG TO ALTOONA TO BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FRANKLINVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA AT 515 PM...UNIONVILLE...SHY BEAVER...SAXTON AND ROCK SPRINGS AT 520 PM...TROUGH CREEK STATE PARK...STATE COLLEGE...PINE GROVE MILLS AND MILESBURG AT 525 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DANGELO
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 5:48 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PAZ019-027-028-036-037-041-045-046-049-050-056-063-064-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 548 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...A LINE OF GUSTY STORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...CUMBERLAND...PERRY...JUNIATA...MIFFLIN...SNYDER...TIOGA... ADAMS...UNION...CENTRE...CLINTON AND LYCOMING COUNTIES... AT 540 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE COLD FRONT WHICH CONTAINED VERY GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM LOCK HAVEN TO STATE COLLEGE TO BREEZEWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND POSSIBLY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. DANGELO
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Southern Clinton
- When
- November 19, 9:00 PM EST to November 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Clinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Maryland, November 19, 2003
- Flooding in West Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flooding in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- High Wind in Washington, November 19, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Flood in Virginia, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 19, 2003
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, November 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5371035, 5371036.