1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jan 14, 10:13 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1013 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL ISSUE AND UPDATE TO EXPIRE FLOOD WATCH AND TAKE OUT MENTION OF RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST. RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THERE ARE SOME COUNTY FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE SOUTHEAST...AS WELL AS SOME RIVER POINTS ALONG THE MAIN STEM AND WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA. COLDER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA...WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WEST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. REST OF FORECAST UNCHANGED. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 329 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 AVIATION... COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS CWA ATTM. LIFR TO MVFR CIGS AND VIS FROM ONGOING PCPN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE HOURS JUST AFTER SUNRISE. CONDS SHOULD IMPROVE QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE CWA. SCT MVFR VIS/CIGS DUE TO POSS LATER TODAY WITH ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY BUT DO NOT EXPECT THAT TO BE WIDESPREAD ATTM. SHORT TERM (TODAY)... FROPA HAS ALREADY OCCURRED FROM KUNV WESTWARD...WINDSHIFT JUST OCCURRED HERE AT THE OFFICE AND WERE ENJOYING THE REFRESHING BREEZE AFTER A RATHER MUGGY MID WINTER NIGHT. DID I JUST TYPE THAT? UNFORTUNATELY YES. NARROW COLD FRONTAL RAIN BAND EXHIBITED LEWP SIGNATURES FOR MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH SOME LOW TOPPED SUPERCELLS MAKING FOR AN INTERESTING MID JANUARY MORNING. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED...BUT GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH OCCURRED WITH THE NCFRB AND STRONGER CELLS. MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL PA WILL SEE A QUICK CHANGEOVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING BEFORE PRECIPITATION GENERALLY SHUTS OFF BY LATE MORNING...EXCEPT HANGING ON LONGER IN THE EAST WITH LESSER CHANCES OF CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ANYWHERE WITH SURFACES REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING AFTER VERY MILD PAST 36 HOURS. WL WORD FOR MORNING HIGHS...WITH SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. NO PARTICULAR MODEL IS HANDLING THIS MORNINGS COOLING VERY WELL AT THE SURFACE...SO SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME MASSAGING HOURLY TEMPS FOR THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH THE ABNORMAL DIURNAL TREND. WL KEEP THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FLOOD WATCH RUNNING THROUGH NOON AS STILL SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ALONG THE COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN ZONES. HAVE ISSUED FLS FOR MINOR FLOODING SEVERAL MIDDLE TO LOWER SUSQ. COUNTIES THIS MORNING. LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... TREND OF THE WINTER CONTINUES...MOISTURE IS ONCE AGAIN HARD TO COME BY WITH COLDER BUT OVERALL TRANQUIL CONDS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE 7 DAY PERIOD...A MOSTLY DRY NWLY FLOW KEEPING ANY SIGNIFICANT STORMINESS AT BAY. QUICK GLANCE AT THIS MORNINGS NEW GFS GLEANS NO NEW SURPRISES. MUCH OF CENTRAL PA WL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR THE NEXT 5-6 DAYS WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES OF -SHSN FROM TIME TO TIME AS WEAK IMPULSES RIDE ACROSS THE LAKES IN THE PREVAILING NWLY FLOW. NO CHANGES TO GOING GRIDS THIS MORNING. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM (UPDATE)...JPV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 348 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-150847- 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- 348 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON...AS SNOWMELT COMBINED WITH LAST NIGHTS AND THIS MORNINGS RAINFALL MAY CREATE FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE ROAD FLOODING THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding across Lebanon County during the early afternoon of January 14th. Several roads (3) were closed due to flooding.
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