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 Nov 30, 3:40 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 340 AM EST WED NOV 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... IR IMAGERY SHOWING LARGE AREA OF STRATOCU COVERING MIDWEST EASTWRD TO WESTERN PA. LL MOISTURE TRAPPED BENEATH SHARP INVERSION WILL HOLD CLOUDS OVR MTNS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...DOWNSLOPING FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN PTSUNNY SKIES EAST OF MTNS AFTER EARLY AM FOG BURNS OFF. S/WV...CURRENTLY PRODUCING A FEW -SHSN OVER OVR N INDIANA...MAY CLIP OUR NW MTNS LATER TODAY WITH A FEW -SHSN/FLURRIES. RIDGING BUILDS OVR PA TONIGHT SHORT RANGE MODELS HANDLING NEXT S/WV IN SIMILAR FASHION LATE THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE COULD PRODUCE SCT -SHSN TO THE ENTIRE AREA THURS AFTN OR EVENING. IT WILL ALSO SERVE TO DEEPEN A LARGE LO PRES SYSTEM OVR NORTHERN NEW ENG ON FRIDAY...WHICH WILL DRAW COLD AIR SOUTHWRD ACROSS GRT LKS. LOOKS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT LE SNOW EVENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WARREN/MCKEAN COUNTIES ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD PRECLUDE SIG UPSLOPE SNOWS FURTHER S ACROSS THE LAURELS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... MED RANGE MODELS STILL HINTING AT CHC OF SOME WINTRY PRECIP LATE SUN OR EARLY MON WITH WEAK AREA OF LO PRES PASSING S OF PA. A CLIPPER SYSTEM COULD THREATEN THE AREA WITH ANOTHER CHC OF -SN BY LATE TUES. && .AVIATION... GENERALLY IMPROVING FLYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA BEHIND YESTERDAYS STORM SYSTEM. THE SLOWEST IMPROVEMENT WILL BE OVER THE EAST WHERE AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS FORMED AFTER TUESDAYS HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD IFR AND LIFR VIS AND CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE. A SHORT WAVE TROF OVER INDIANA WILL HELP MAINTAIN MAINLY VFR CIGS WITH SOME LCL MVFR OVER NWRN PART OF FCST AREA THROUGH EARLY WED AM. BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN SKIES SHOULD BE CLEARING WITH WIDESPREAD VFR CONDS AS DRIER AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. && .HYDROLOGY... MULTISENSOR PRECIP ESTIMATES SHOWING A GENERAL 1.5 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL PA YESTERDAY...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES ARND WILLIAMSPORT. ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA ARND WILLIAMSPORT AS SOME STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. HAVE THEREFORE EXTENDED MINOR FLOODING ADV THRU DAWN IN THIS REGION. MINOR RIVER FLOODING ALSO CONTINUES TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST BRANCH AND JUNIATA BASINS. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...FITZGERALD LONG TERM...FITZGERALD AVIATION...GARTNER HYDROLOGY...FITZGERALD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 504 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-301015- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 504 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. EARLY THIS MORNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. RAINFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS NORMALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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 04:00 EST on the 30th, crested at 9.37 feet at 05:30 EST on the 30th, then fell back below flood stage at 07:45 EST on the 30th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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