1 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 Sep 28, 2:15 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY)... SHORT TERM WILL BE DOMINATED BY THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE REMNANTS OF JEANNE AND AN UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL HELP GENERATE A PERIOD OF STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC FORCING OVER THE STATE. DOESNT LOOK QUITE LIKE THE PRODIGIOUS PRECIP PRODUCER THAT IVAN PROVED TO BE AS BEST TROPICAL MOISTURE LOOKS TO GET SHUNTED OFF MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. LOWER SUSQ WILL LIKELY BE THE BIG WINNER (LOSER) SEEING THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS AS THE PRECIP CURRENTLY ROLLING UP THE APPALACHIANS EVENTUALLY SLIDES INTO THE AREA. PROBABLY PROVE TO BE A PRETTY RAINY LATE MORNING-EARLY AFTERNOON DOWN IN THERE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY. STILL WE HAVE DRIED OUT ENOUGH SO THAT BIG RIVERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE MUCH MORE THAN SIGNIFICANT RISES...BUT NO FLOODING EXPECTED AT THIS POINT. SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL PROBABLY HAVE MINOR PROBLEMS WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN FALLING BASICALLY WITHIN A 12 HOUR WINDOW. LA CORTE && .LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... BIG BURLY HIGH SLIDES INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF JEANNE AND DOMINATES THE WEATHER THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK. NEW GFS HAS STARTED SUGGESTING WE SEE SOME MOISTURE INCREASE THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT QPF AS LOW LEVELS FLOW TURNS SOUTHERLY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THE MODEL WANTS TO MAKE A FAIRLY VIGOROUS MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE. THE ETA IS WEAKER WITH THIS FEATURE AND DOESNT CRANK OUT THE PRECIP LIKE THE GFS. AT THIS JUNCTURE I DIDNT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY. THE ONLY CHANGES I MADE TO THE EXTENDED WAS TO BLEND POPS A BIT FOR THE UPCOMING LATE WEEK-WEEKEND FRONTAL SYSTEM. THE NEW GFS HAS THIS AS A PRETTY POTENT COLD FRONT HINTING AT A POSSIBLE NARROW COLD FRONTAL RAINBAND/SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCER LATER SATURDAY. LA CORTE && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN PA THIS MORNING IN RAIN AND FOG. AS REMNANTS OF HURR JEANNE TRACK TOWARD THE VIRGINIA COAST LATER TODAY...A NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING SOME DRYING TO THE REGION...RESULTING IN RAIN ENDING FROM NW TO SE...AND VIS/CIGS GENERALLY IMPROVING TO THE MVFR CAT BY AFTN...THEN VFR BY EVENING. FITZGERALD && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 PM FOR ZONES PAZ025>028-034>036-056>059-063>066. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 510 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-280909- ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA- COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA- HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA- MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA- NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA- SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA- SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA- UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA- 510 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: SOME RAIN FROM FORMER HURRICANE JEANNE WILL FALL TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE RAIN SHOULD NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DANGELO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused the Bald Eagle Creek at Beech Creek Station to exceed its flood stage of 11 feet. The creek rose above flood stage at 02:30 EST on the 28th, crested at 11.6 feet at 07:00 EST on the 28th and fell back below flood stage just after 07:00 EST on the 28th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, September 2004
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