On March 2nd and 3rd milder temperatures and rainfall over the southwest portion of the area resulted in several ice jams and snow melt flooding. The first signs of flooding began on Tuesday Evening, March 3rd when minor localized flooding was reported.
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The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
On March 2nd and 3rd milder temperatures and rainfall over the southwest portion of the area resulted in several ice jams and snow melt flooding.
The first signs of flooding began on Tuesday Evening, March 3rd when minor localized flooding was reported. A flood advisory was issued at 1039 pm for portions of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset and Clearfield Counties. Flood advisories continued for these counties through the night and into the day on Wednesday. Several significant ice jams brought structure and road flooding to portions of Cambria County. A river flood warning was also issued for the Youghiogheny River near Confluence, however the expected rise did not materialize and the flood warning was cancelled.
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 4, 5:12 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 512 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING...AS ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SOUTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LATER TODAY INTO THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO THE STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING/... TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE FINALLY UP TO 38 DEGREES. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR TO THE EAST. STILL ICE ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE HERE...AND WITH A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND CONDITIONS...DID NOT CUT BACK ANYMORE ON THE ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 7 AM. EARLIER DISCUSSION BELOW. DID ADJUST THE ADVISORY SOME...CLEARFIELD STILL NEAR 32...WHILE OTHER SITES ABOVE 32. OVERALL THE LL JET AND ASSOC PUSH OF WARM AIR ALOFT HAS CHANGED PRECIP TO PLAIN RAIN OVR MUCH OF THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU AS OF 07Z. MEANWHILE...FZRA CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PA. WHILE AIR TEMPERATURES ARE JUST ABOVE FREEZING...GROUND TEMPERATURES STILL COLD. MDL SOUNDINGS...AS WELL AS THE LATEST GUIDANCE...CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE LOW LVL COLD AIR WILL ERODE FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH THE LAST OF THE FZRA ENDING ACROSS THE REGION BY SUNRISE. FAR SW PART OF THE CWA ABOVE FREEZING...KEEPING AN EYE ON THE RAINFALL...AS WE ALREADY HAVE WATER OVER SOME ROADS AS OF LATE EVENING. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SW NOW. && .SHORT TERM /11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... BASED ON COLDER TOPS TO THE SW OVER OH...STILL SEEING MODERATE RAIN AT TIMES...ALONG WITH SOME BRIGHT BANDING...AND OTHER OFFICES...DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND THU...FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WHILE AMTS COULD BE A LITTLE HIGH...BIG CONCERN OVER RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. EARLIER DISCUSSION BELOW. SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH OF PA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. CONCERN IS THAT RATHER COLD AIR AT LOW LEVELS WILL WORK IN...AT THE SAME TIME THAT ENERGY FROM THE SW WILL RESULT IN MORE PCPN. MORE DETAILS BELOW. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN AMPLIFIED AND MOIST SW FLOW ALOFT AND JET ENTRANCE REGION DYNAMICS SUPPORTING A BROAD STRIPE OF PCPN ALONG A WELL DEFINED BAROCLINIC ZONE AHEAD OF PHASING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY OVER THE DSW/ROCKIES TODAY AND MOVING EWD THROUGH THE OH VLY AND MID ATLC ON THURSDAY. SEVERAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FCST TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ENEWD ALONG A SW-NE ORIENTED COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD PROGRESS AND SETTLE SEWD THROUGH THE MID ATLC REGION BY EARLY THURS...AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE UPPER PLAINS. AMPLE MOISTURE IS FCST BY THE MODELS TO MOVE INTO A DEEPENING COLD SECTOR ALONG/NORTH OF THE SEWD-ADVANCING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LATE SEASON HEAVY SNOW EVENT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PA WED NGT INTO THURS. THERE ARE MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WHICH IS LKLY TIED TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY UPSTREAM. THAT SAID...THE CONSENSUS FCST AXIS OF MAX QPF /0.50 INCH OR GREATER/ HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT PAINTED OVER THE SRN 1/3 OF THE CWA. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...USED A MULTI MODEL BLEND WITH PSEUDO BIAS CORRECTION FACTOR TO DERIVE GRIDDED QPF AMTS WHICH GENERALLY RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES ACROSS THE SRN 1/2 OF THE CWA. THE COLUMN WILL BE IN A STATE OF TRANSITION AND COOLING DOWN FROM NW TO SE WED-WED NGT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT A TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. A PERIOD OF SLEET MAY IMPACT FCST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE DURATION A KEY FACTOR IN THIS FCST. WITH INCREASING CONFIDENCE AND GREATEST RISK IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW/6+ INCHES...WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY ROBUST WPC ENSEMBLE AS WELL AS THE GEFS MEAN...HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COUNTIES FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...LINGERING PRECIP REMAINS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN PA IN REGION OF 8-7H FGEN FORCING. MDL BLYR TEMPS INDICATE PRECIP WILL FALL AS LGT RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. HOWEVER...MDL SOUNDINGS JUST COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS...WHERE A LIGHT ACCUM OF UP TO AN INCH APPEARS POSSIBLE BY WED EVENING. DRIER AIR ACROSS NORTHERN PA SHOULD TRANSLATE TO A MAINLY DRY DAY THERE WITH JUST A CHC OF -SHSN. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AN ACTIVE LATE-WINTER PRECIPITATION PATTERN WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PA THROUGH MIDWEEK FOLLOWED BY WHAT IS HOPEFULLY THE LAST SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR FOR THE SEASON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE PATTERN SHOULD DRY OUT LATE IN THE WEEK THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL MOST OF THE TIME. THE GENERAL MODEL AND ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS IS TO MAINTAIN A RIDGE IN THE WEST AND TROUGH IN THE EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SOME SIGNS OF A PATTERN SHIFT BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH TROUGHING FCST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS SHOULD MODERATE CLOSER TO NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SOME HINTS AT EVEN WARMER TEMPS LATER NEXT WEEK. WHAT IS HOPEFULLY THE LAST SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR THIS SEASON SHOULD ARRIVE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. FRIDAY MORNING LOWS ARE LKLY TO BE 20-30F BELOW NORMAL WITH SINGLE DIGIT LOWS +/- ZERO DEGREES. SUCH READINGS MAY BREAK DAILY RECORDS. && .AVIATION /10Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS MAJORITY OF CENTRAL PA AS LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTS OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES. CIGS SOMEWHAT VARIABLE BUT GENERALLY SETTLING AROUND MVFR IN MOST AREAS...WITH AREA OF VFR CIGS IN THE SE. VSBYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BASICALLY MVFR AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO SLIDE OVER COLDER SNOW ON GROUND. TEMPS REMAIN NEAR FREEZING ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND INTO THE LOWER SUSQ...WHICH WILL KEEP AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE AROUND THROUGH 12Z - INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR ICING. LLWS ALSO CONTINUES AS WESTERLY WINDS AT 850MB REMAIN IN THE 40-50KT RANGE WHILE SURFACE WINDS IN MOST PLACES ARE GENERALLY LIGHT. A COLD FRONT /ALREADY THROUGH THE NW MTNS AT 09Z/ WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP IN THE WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN...WITH WINDS ELSEWHERE TURNING TO THE W/NW AND INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH. WIDESPREAD CIG RESTRICTIONS TO MAINLY IFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NW TODAY...WITH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS SETTLING INTO GENERALLY PERSISTENT MVFR CONDITIONS. LIGHT RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CWA EARLY IN THE DAY...BUT AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NORTH AND ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE SLIDES ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...PRECIP INTENSITY WILL INCREASE HEADING INTO TONIGHT WITH PRECIP TYPE CHANGING BACK OVER TO SNOW. BIGGEST IMPACTS WILL BE FROM KJST TO KMDT/KLNS AS WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS DEVELOP WED NIGHT INTO THU. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL SET IN FOR FRIDAY INTO MONDAY...AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. OUTLOOK... WED NIGHT...SIG REDUCTIONS IN SNOW DEVELOPING MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH. THU...SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS...LINGERING MVFR NW AND SE. FRI-SAT...MAINLY VFR. SUN...MVFR WITH CHC -SHSN MAINLY NORTH AND WEST. VFR SE. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR PAZ006- 011-012-017>019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PAZ017-024-025-033-034. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY FOR PAZ024>028-033>036-056>059-063>066. && SYNOPSIS...FITZGERALD/MARTIN NEAR TERM...FITZGERALD/MARTIN SHORT TERM...FITZGERALD/MARTIN/STEINBUGL LONG TERM...MARTIN/STEINBUGL AVIATION...RXR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 PAZ025-034-051000- BLAIR-BEDFORD- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ026>028-035-036-056>059-063>066-051000- HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL- LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004-005-010-051000- WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ006-011-012-018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-051000- POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ024-033-051000- CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ017-051000- CLEARFIELD- 454 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An ice jam brought flooding to 3 houses and 1 business along the North Branch of the Little Conemaugh River in Summerhill Township.
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