2 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 30, 3:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 330 AM EST WED MAR 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... LIGHT WIND AND MAINLY CLR SKIES RESULTING IN PATCHY FOG THIS AM. THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY LOOKS PTSUNNY AND MILD. EXPANSIVE AREA OF HI CLOUDINESS IN ADVANCE OF PLAINS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD PA TODAY...RESULTING IN PTSUNNY SKIES. MODEL 900MB TEMPS ARND 8C SUPPORT HIGHS CLOSE TO 60F OVER THE BULK OF THE FA. UPPER LO BEGINS TO OPEN/SHEAR OUT AS IT LIFTS THRU THE GRT LKS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER...REMNANT LL JET SHOULD PRODUCE ENOUGH LIFT TO SUPPORT SCT SHOWERS AS IT MOVES THRU CENTRAL PA ON THURSDAY. LATEST SREF DATA SUPPORTS THE HIGHER MAV POPS. SE FLOW...CLOUD COVER AND SCT RW SHOULD HOLD TEMPS CLOSE TO 50F EAST OF THE MTNS. AN OCCLUDED FRONT SHOULD SWEEP THRU THE REGION THURS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY WESTERLY FLOW AND DRIER AIR. HAVE LOWERED POPS CONSIDERABLY FOR FRIDAY...AS MODELS SLOWER WITH APPROACH OF LATE WEEK SYSTEM. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... LATEST MED RANGE ENSEMBLE DATA TRACKING A STRENGTHENING EAST COAST LOW OVER DELMARVA BY SAT AM...A PERFECT TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW IN CENTRAL PA A MONTH OR TWO AGO. HOWEVER...WILL STILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SOME SNOW OVER THE NW MTNS FRI NITE/EARLY SAT...WHERE MODEL 8H TEMPS CLOSE TO 0C. MREF QPF DATA SHOWING GREATEST POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN REMAINING JUST SOUTHEAST OF OUR FA...WHERE OVER 1 INCH IS LIKELY. CHILLY AND SHOWERY WX EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LO SLOWLY PULLS AWAY TOWARD NEW ENGLAND. MODEL 850T SUPPORTS SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MTNS...WHERE A SMALL ACCUM IS POSS SAT NITE. RIDGE SHOULD BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...SUPPLYING FAIR AND MILDER CONDITIONS. && .AVIATION... EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR/IFR VIS DUE TO FOG OVERNIGHT OVER EASTERN SECTIONS...MAINLY AROUND TERMINALS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR CONDS FOR NEARLY THE ENTIRE FCST PD WITH SFC HIGH PRES AND UPR RDG BUILDING OVER THE REGION. SOME LIGHT PCPN AHEAD OF NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MAY APPROACH WRN SECTIONS BY THUR MORN...BUT WILL HOLD OF ON INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS ATTM. && .HYDROLOGY... MINOR FLOODING FROM YESTERDAYS RAIN NOW MAINLY CONFINED TO MAIN STEM OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. CRESTS EXPECTED THIS MORNING IN THE MIDDLE SUSQ VALL...AND LATE TODAY IN THE LOWER SUSQ VALL. && .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 554 AM EST WED MAR 30 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-311053- 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- 554 AM EST WED MAR 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MAIN STEM OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg to flood. The river exceeded flood stage of 17 feet at 06:00 EST on the 30th, crested at 17.43 feet at 13:00 EST on the 30th, then fell back below flood stage at 21:30 EST on the 30th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5439791, 5439792.