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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 8:47 AM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 947 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL BE SENDING OUT AN UPDATE SHORTLY...MAINLY JUST A FEW MINOR CHANGES...MAINLY WORDING. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 305 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO MOST OF CENTRAL PA WITH TDS NOW IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S EVERYWHERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY WHERE SOME HUMIDITY REMAINS. FOR TODAY...WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS FROM CINDY AS THE SYSTEM SPREADS STEADILY NORTHEAST. STILL THE CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AS WE REMAIN MARGINALLY UNSTABLE UNDER WEAK FLOW ALOFT. THE MID LEVEL INVERSION IS NOT AS PRONOUNCED IN THE PROGGED SOUNDINGS TODAY AS IT WAS YESTERDAY SO IF WE CAN SEE ANY KIND OF SIG SUNSHINE...ACTIVITY COULD BE SCATTERED AROUND A BIT MORE THAN YESTERDAY. WILL CONFINE BEST CHC POPS TO AFTER THE NOON HOUR AFTER KEEPING THE MORNING MAINLY DRY. AFTER THIS AFTERNOON THE FORECAST GETS AFFECTED BY THE REMAINS OF CINDY. BOTH ETA AND GFS BRING MUCH NEEDED RAINS INTO THE REGION...BUT DIFFER ON TIMING AND EXTENT. ETA WASHES MORE PRECIP INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF MY REGION THAN DOES THE GFS. IT DOES THIS BY TAKING THE LOW FURTHER WEST AND ON A SLOWER TRACK THAN THE GFS. THIS RESULTS IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF UPSLOPIING...SE FLOW DEVELOPING. THE GFS AGREES MORE CLOSELY WITH THE CANADIAN/ECMWF AND NOGAPS TAKING A MORE COHERENT SYSTEM UP THRU THE DELMARVA REGION...LIMITING THE PERIOD OF TIME WE ARE EXPOSED TO THE ANOMALOUS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. THIS CONFINES BEST PRECIP TO THE SERN 1/4 OR SO OF THE CWA. HAVE DISCOUNTED THE SREFS FOR THE MOST PART GIVEN WHAT I FEEL IS THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENSEMBLE BY A BAD ETA FORECAST. LOOKING MAINLY TO THE GFS SOLUTION FOR THE SYSTEM...THIS WILL BRING RAIN INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...REACHING THE SRN ZONES THIS EVENING..AND SPREADING OVER MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. STILL WRESTLING WITH THE ACTUAL POPS FOR NWRN PA...GIVEN THE WET ETA CONTRIBUTION TO SHORT TERM ENSEMBLE POPS....BUT AT LEAST CHC POPS UP THERE. THINK STEADY PRECIP WILL TAPER TO SHOWERS AFTER FRI MORNING...WITH CHC POPS LASTING INTO THE EVENING. LA CORTE LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SATURDAY HAS THE GFS...HAVE DISCOUNTED THE ETA SINCE IT IS PRETTY MUCH DISAGREES WITH MOST OTHER MODEL GUID...PAINTING THE ALL TOO FAMILIAR SPOTTY SHOWERY OUTCOME AS THE UPPER LOW KEEPS CYCLONIC FLOW OVER THE STATE. I KEPT POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHC RANGE AS I CANNOT SEE ACTIVITY BEING WIDESPREAD. AFTER THAT WE SHUD DRY OUT AS THE SFC HIGH BUILDS IN AND WE START TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF HGHTS AND THICKNESSES BUILDING OVER CTRL CANADA AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE NERN US. MREF SHOWS SIG UPPER HGHT ANOMALY DEVELOPING BY MONDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL HGHTS ACROSS THE NRN PART OF THE US PRETTY MUCH RIGHT INTO WEEKS END. SHUD BE A VERY SUMMERY WEEK DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF DENNIS. AT THIS TIME..ECMWF AND MREF TAKE SYSTEM TWD THE LOWER PLAINS. 00Z GFS SHOWED IT HITTING EAST OF NEW ORLEANS AND THEN STALLING OVER LOWER TENN VALLEY. STILL WAY TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE. LA CORTE AVIATION... EXPECT SOME LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...MAINLY INTO THE MVFR RANGE...OVERNIGHT DUE TO FOG. OTHERWISE VRF CONDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE PD THOUGH CLOUDS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF APPROACHING REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL STORM CINDY. SCT SHOWERS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE LATE AFTN AND SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND WITH ONLY LOCALIZED VIS/CIG PROBLEMS. AS PCPN INCREASES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THUR NIGHT INTO FRI MORN HOWEVER...VIS AND CIGS WILL DROP TO MVRF AND LOCALLY IFR CONDITIONS. BG && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ064>066 FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY. NY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MARTIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 446 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-080845- 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- 446 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: THE RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY ARE EXPECTED TO PASS OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH (WGUS61 KCTP PHLFFACTP) FOR MORE DETAILS. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
102 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1254 PM FLASH FLOOD LEBANON 40.34N 76.42W
07/07/2005 LEBANON PA EMERGENCY MNGR
3-4 FEET OF WATER IN TOWN. SEVERAL WATER RESCUES AND
PEOPLE STRANDED IN AUTOMOBILES IN THE VICINITY OF THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CUMBERLAND STREET.
&&
LAMBERTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
140 PM EDT THU JUL 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ESE MYERSTOWN 40.36N 76.26W
07/07/2005 2.44 INCH LEBANON PA TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN BEGAN AT 1200PM AND BY 135PM 2.44 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION HAD FALLEN. NEARBY CREEK IS OUT OF ITS
BANK.
&&
LAMBERTThe State College radar (KCCX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in Schuylkill County as the remnants of tropical storm Cindy approached the region. Rain overwhelmed PENNDOT catch basins above Shenandoah, and flooded portions of Route 924 in Mahanoy Township.
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