1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 29, 2:24 PM EST, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 224 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... WIND SHIFT JUST CAME THRU THE OFFICE. STILL EXPECTING THE BROAD N-S PRECIP SHIELD THAT SPANS MOST OF MY CWA TO CONTINUE SLIDING EWRD THRU THE EVENING...AND BY 00Z...IT SHOULD BE ENDING IN THE WEST AND BY MIDNIGHT IN THE EAST. NARROW RIBBON OF HIGHER REFL OVER WRN COS ATTM IS THE WIND SHIFT LINE PORTRAYED NICELY BY THE WINDS BACKING FROM SSE TO SSW. SOME ISOLD THUNDER IN THE WARM SECTOR...SO WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF IT TONIGHT IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. WINDS STILL KINDA GUSTY AHEAD OF THE WIND SHIFT/FRONT...BUT NOT ADVSRY (40+ KTS) CRITERIA. THE WINDS ARE NOT QUITE SO GUSTY TO THE WEST OF THE LINE...MAINLY DUE TO LESS VERTICAL MIXING...AS LLVL FLOW VEERS A BIT FROM SFC TO 8H. TEMPS SHOULD DIP INTO THE 30S IN THE WEST AND MID 40S IN THE FAR EASTERN ZNS...WHERE THE CLOUDS/RAIN HANG ON THE LONGEST. WINDS DO LINE UP AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS THE DRIER AIR OF THE BIG OCCUSION/DRY SLOT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. BUT...THESE WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG. MAINLY DRY DAY IN STORE FOR WED...ONLY CHC PRECIP WILL BE UP IN THE FAR NW MTS. TEMPS MIGHT ACTUALLY HOLD STEADY OR DIP A BIT THRU THE DAYLIGHT HRS. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... TEMPS WILL GET COLD AND STAY COLD AS POLAR VORTEX SETTLES IN AGAIN. HOWEVER...SOME TEMP CONTINUITY CHANGES FOR THE EXTENDED...AS BITTER COLD OF PREVIOUS MED RANGE PROGS FOR THE WEEKEND HAVE BEEN MODERATED A BIT. STILL...WITH COLD AIR FLOWING OVER THE LAKES...THE LK EFF SNOW MACHINE WILL CRANK UP FOR THURS/FRI. MUCH OF THE LAKE EFFECT ON WED NITE/THURS SHOULD STAY TO OUR NORTH...WITH WIND PROFILE UNFAVORABLE TO GET MUCH LK EFF SNOW INTO OUR REGION. BRIEF RIDGING BUILDS IN FOR THE FRIST PART OF THE WEEKEND. WE SHOULD STILL BE TO THE COLD SIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE WAVE PROGGED TO ROLL W-E JUST TO OUR SOUTH...WHICH WOULD SPELL FROZEN (OR EVEN PERHAPS FREEZING) PRECIP FOR LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. WRAP AROUND SH SN POSS IN NW HALF THEN LATE MON AND TUES. && .AVIATION... POOR FLYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE PD WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS AND LOCAL IFR VSBYS IN HEAVY RAIN. PREVAILING MVFR TO LOCAL IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN UPSLOPE FOG VIA A WESTERLY FLOW OF COOLER MOIST AIR WILL OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT 10Z WED BEFORE ENOUGH DRIER AIR ADVECTS INTO THE REGION TO GRADUALLY LIFT CEILINGS AND IMPROVE VSBYS DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL ACCOMPANY A NORTH...SOUTH BELT OF STRONG WINDS (60+ KTS AT 5000 FEET MSL) SLIDING EAST ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS TO THE EAST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. && .HYDROLOGY... RAINFALL JUST STARTING TO GET A LITTLE HIGH...AND MAY START TO CAUSE A FEW FLOOD WORRIES SOON...AS MOST OF THE HEAVY PRECIP HAS STAYED TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH UP TO THIS POINT. SO...WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST AND NORTH...AND EVEN EXPAND IT EASTWARD INTO THE RIDGE AND VALLEY REGION - BUT NOT INTO THE LOWER SUSQ - WHERE RAINFALL HAS NOT BEEN APPRICIABLE TODAY. WE STILL EXPECT SOME FLOODING TO OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING - MAINLY MINOR PROBLEMS BUT SOME MAY GET WORSE THAN /MINOR/. HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE IN AREAS THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE PRECIP FAIRLY WELL (HIGHER FFG VALUES) BUT THE GROUND IS GETTING COLD. THE BULK OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE TO OUR EAST BY MIDNIGHT. LATEST RIVER FCSTS KEEP ALL GAGES BELOW FLOOD STAGES...AND ONLY A FEW REACH THEIR CAUTIONARY STAGES. SEE THE LATEST RVDCTP AND AHPS PAGES FOR THE BEST DETAILS ON THE LARGER RIVERS. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041- 042-045-046-049>053-058 UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY. && SHORT TERM...DANGELO LONG TERM...DANGELO AVIATION...LAMBERT HYDROLOGY...DANGELO
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
800 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N WAYNESBORO 39.80N 77.58W
11/29/2005 FRANKLIN PA EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE UTILITY POLES AND WIRES DOWN.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG BIGLERVILLE 39.93N 77.25W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN.
0655 PM FLOOD CLEARFIELD 41.02N 78.44W
11/29/2005 CLEARFIELD PA EMERGENCY MNGR
3 ROADS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG GETTYSBURG 39.83N 77.23W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE FOOT THICK TREE LIMB FELL AND DAMAGED HOUSE.
0707 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 WNW GETTYSBURG 39.86N 77.34W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
GADPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
821 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N WAYNESBORO 39.80N 77.58W
11/29/2005 FRANKLIN PA EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE UTILITY POLES AND WIRES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG BIGLERVILLE 39.93N 77.25W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN.
0655 PM FLOOD CLEARFIELD 41.02N 78.44W
11/29/2005 CLEARFIELD PA EMERGENCY MNGR
3 ROADS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG GETTYSBURG 39.83N 77.23W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE FOOT THICK TREE LIMB FELL AND DAMAGED HOUSE.
0707 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG YORK HAVEN 40.11N 76.72W
11/29/2005 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF OF MOBILE HOME DAMAGED.
0707 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 WNW GETTYSBURG 39.86N 77.34W
11/29/2005 ADAMS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
GADThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused Aughwick Creek at Shirleysburg to flood. The creek exceeded flood stage of 10 feet at 00:30 EST on the 30th, crested at 12.15 feet at 12:15 EST on the 30th, then fell back below flood stage at 16:30 EST on the 30th.
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