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, 5 hours 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
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 522 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-301019- 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- 522 AM EST TUE MAR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER..STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: RECENT RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT OVER NEW YORK STATE...WILL RESULT IN NEAR BANKFULL CONDITIONS ALONG THE MAIN STEM SUSQUEHANNA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused Swatara Creek at Middletown to flood. The creek exceeded flood stage of 11 feet at 09:00 EST on the 29th, crested at 11.5 feet at 18:00 EST on the 29th, then fell back below flood stage at 21:00 EST on the 29th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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