Flood, Cameron
- When
- November 19, 6:44 PM EST to 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -78.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Pennsylvania, November 19, 2003
Heavy rain caused rises in streams, and produced flooding. This closed roadways across the county, including Route 120.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 rises in streams, and produced flooding. This closed roadways across the county, including Route 120.
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, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 19, 4:00 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 400 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 .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. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HARRISBURG 46 54 36 61 / 80 10 0 0 WILLIAMSPORT 43 51 35 53 / 70 10 0 0 BRADFORD 36 45 33 54 / 40 10 0 0 JOHNSTOWN 36 45 39 53 / 50 10 0 0 ALTOONA 40 48 39 58 / 60 10 0 0 STATE COLLEGE 41 49 36 58 / 60 10 0 0 SELINSGROVE 45 53 33 58 / 80 10 0 0 LANCASTER 48 53 33 58 / 80 10 0 0 YORK 46 52 35 61 / 80 10 0 0 && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PA. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 19, 11:14 AM EST, 7 hours 30 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, 12:55 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
PAZ028-050-052-056>059-063>066-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1255 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... ADAMS...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...JUNIATA...LANCASTER...LEBANON... NORTHUMBERLAND...PERRY...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER AND YORK. A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM COUPLED WITH A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANY STORMS TO GENERATE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...AND MAY ALSO CONTAIN BRIEF TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT... WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 1:40 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PAZ037-041-042-046-049>053-057>059-065-066-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 140 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 145 PM AND 33O PM. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PAZ042-051-053-058-059-066-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 223 PM EST WED NOV 19 2003 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 230 PM AND 330 PM. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 3:11 PM EST, 3 hours 33 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, 1 hour 38 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, 56 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
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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: 5371046.