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 Mar 29, 4:00 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 400 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING UPPER LO EXITING THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH WELL DEVELOPED ARC OF WRAPAROUND MOISTURE IN DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS CENTRAL PA. 06Z MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO PUSH THIS SYSTEM TO THE EAST...BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN IN THE SUSQ VALL LATER THIS MORNING. MULTISENSOR PRECIP ESTIMATES SHOWING A SWATH OF ARND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS INTO SUSQ VALL. PARTIAL CLEARING THIS AFTN SHOULD PUSH TEMPS TO NR SEASONAL LEVELS...THEN HI PRES BUILDS OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...SUPPLYING MAINLY CLEAR AND CHILLY CONDITIONS. HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER MET NUMBERS BASED ON FAVORABLE SETUP FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING. AREAS OF FOG ALSO SEEM POSSIBLE TONIGHT...GIVEN THE RECENT RAIN. HOWEVER...LATEST MODEL DATA SUGGESTS BEST CHC OF FOG WILL BE CONFINED TO N MTNS. SOME HI CLOUDINESS WILL LIKELY SPILL INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY...AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...A GOOD DEAL OF FILTERED SUN COMBINED WITH 900MB TEMPS ARND 8C SHOULD PUSH TEMPS INTO THE L60S OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. NEXT S/WV WILL LIFT TO OUR NORTH THRU THE GRT LKS WED NITE AND THURS. AT THE SFC...A WARM FRONT WILL GET HUNG UP WEST OF THE MTNS...KEEPING CENTRAL PA RELATIVELY COOL WITH A CHC OF SHOWERS. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... LATEST MED RANGE ENSEMBLE DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGESTS A STORMY END TO THE WEEK...AS STRENGTHENING AREA OF LO PRES LIFTS NORTHWRD FROM THE GULF COAST TOWARD WESTERN PA. SUCH A TRACK COULD PLACE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PA IN UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR FRIDAY...RESULTING IN TSTMS. BLUSTERY...COOL AND SHOWERY WX SEEMS QUITE LIKELY NEXT WEEKEND...AS UPPER LO LIFTS THRU. MREF 850 TEMPS APPEAR COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW SHOWERS OVR THE MTNS. && .AVIATION... MVFR TO IFR CONDS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION WITH LOW CIGS AND FOG MAIN PROBLEM. SCT LOW VIS IN FOG AND RAIN ALSO STILL A PROBLEM...MAINLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS UNDER BANDS OF RAIN ON NW SIDE OF LOW PRS SYSTEM. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY AS LOW PRS LIFTS OUT OF REGION. && .HYDROLOGY... SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS BY MIDDAY. RAIN COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT OVER NE PA AND NY STATE WILL RESULT IN NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS ALONG THE MAIN STEM SUSQUEHANNA ON WEDNESDAY. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...FITZGERALD LONG TERM...FITZGERALD AVIATION...GARTNER HYDROLOGY...FITZGERALD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused Sherman Creek at Shermans Dale to flood. The creek exceeded flood stage of 9 feet at 04:15 EST on the 29th, crested at 9.7 feet at 10:15 EST on the 29th, then fell back below flood stage at 14:45 EST on the 29th.
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