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 Jan 14, 10:36 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1036 PM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TONIGHT)... A NICE NIGHT FOR A CHANGE. SOME RIVER POINTS HAVE GONE TO FLOOD BUT PRECIP IS OVER AND CONDITIONS SHUD JUST CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVER THE WEEKEND. ISSUED AN UPDATE TO DOWNPLAY POPS OVER THE NW. OTHERWISE NOT MUCH HAPPENING...CLR-SCT SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. A LOT COLDER THAN THIS TIME LAST NIGHT. LA CORTE && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 250 PM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDS TO PERSIST THRU THE PERIOD...WITH COOL AND DRY NW FLOW DOMINATING THE WEATHER. ONLY EXCEPTIONS WILL BE AT KBFD/KJST...WHERE MVFR WILL PERSIST THRU THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ASSOC WITH LAKE ENHANCED/UPSLOPE CLOUDS. THERE WILL BE A FEW FLURRIES AROUND AS WELL...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY THIS EVE AS INVERSION LOWERS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... FEW SMALL BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT COMING OFF ERIE...BUT A LOT OF SHEAR AND HEIGHTS ARE NOT REAL LOW. CALLED FOR CHC POPS FAR NW. WINDS MAY BACK A LITTLE LATE SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...THUS EVEN LESS LIKELY. WENT CHC POPS FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...NORTH OF THE LOWER SUSQ...AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SHIFTS THE WINDS MORE TO THE W-NW. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... COLDEST AIR MONDAY INTO EARLY TUE...AS A 4.7 STANDARD DEVIATION HIGH BUILDS EASTWARD (MREFS). NW FLOW AND COLD AIR WILL SUPPORT SNOW SHOWERS N AND W OF THE LOWER SUSQ. GOING INTO A NEW PATTERN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY. MAINLY A CLIPPER TYPE PATTERN. THINK MEAN RIDGE IS TOO FAR EAST...THUS WE WILL BE ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF ANY COASTALS. LOOKING AT MAINLY TEMPS NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL...WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. &&
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 along Swatara Creek at Middletown. The creek rose above its flood stage of 11 feet at 03:00 EST on the 15th, crested at 11.3 feet at 07:00 EST on the 15th, then fell back below flood stage at 11:00 EST on the 15th.
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