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7 minutes ago, canderson said:

That first cell skirted the city proper - it rained but we’ve had heavier - but it appears our luck(lol) runs out soon,

I have only lived here about 7 years but I’ve never seen water come down the hillside where I’m at like it is right now 

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2 minutes ago, maytownpawx said:

Not a drop here and I've been fine with that. Enough is enough. Too many people are being too adversely affected by this. However...looks like my dry day is about to end.

Which is one of the reasons I'd like to have seen this move east as time progressed. Aside from my selfish, weather enthusiast mentality that wants to be in the "bullseye" for a weather event, I, too, feel sorry for those who've already seen massive flooding, and are seeing buckets of unwanted rain yet again.

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Also, I have this nagging feeling that when it does reach my location, the back edge will be moving faster than the leading edge and it'll be in and out in 15 minutes. If you've watched my posts, the radar, and the general weather pattern in and around Tamaqua, you'll see that it's been this way for years. No matter what kind of event, set up, or season.

Hell, even the worst storm in probably a century (Sandy) was rather benign here. There is definitely something about the geography and topography of northeastern Schuylkill County that tames or prevents any kind of extreme event here.

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Just now, Voyager said:

Also, I have this nagging feeling that when it does reach my location, the back edge will be moving faster than the leading edge and it'll be in and out in 15 minutes. If you've watched my posts, the radar, and the general weather pattern in and around Tamaqua, you'll see that it's been this way for years. No matter what kind of event, set up, or season.

Hell, even the worst storm in probably a century (Sandy) was rather benign here. There is definitely something about the geography and topography of northeastern Schuylkill County that tames or prevents any kind of severe event here.

I mentioned this the other day but I’d be very interested in a thermal dynamics study.

The lower Susquehanna Valley for a decade or more has cashed in on all sorts of extreme setups - snow, rain, wind. The exact same spots. 

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7 minutes ago, canderson said:

I mentioned this the other day but I’d be very interested in a thermal dynamics study.

The lower Susquehanna Valley for a decade or more has cashed in on all sorts of extreme setups - snow, rain, wind. The exact same spots. 

Yeah, I remember that post. There is something to it, though. With the moist southerly flow, you'd have thought that upsloping would have caused us to see much more precip than we did. This event, and past ones (TS Lee comes to mind) reminds me of the winter when I sit in the subsidence zone between two heavy bands of snow

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Yay!

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Central Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain developing
  across the warned area including the Greater Scranton Wilkes barre
  area. Significant life-threatening urban flooding is possible.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Dunmore, Kingston, Plains, Old
  Forge, Pittston, Archbald and Blakely.

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Its been cats and dogs here for well over a hour now. This event is not quite like the floods of 2006 or the remnant low from lee 2011 but I am not sure its over yet. Friday looks interesting starting the day with posable super cell mode with upward growth from there.  I believe the blocking high in the Atlantic returns and the trough in the east remains promant for some time do thay not? who has the scope?   

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14 minutes ago, Voyager said:

I guess with nightfall and the instability diminishing, so is the areal coverage of the rain. The eastern edge (where I am) of the line is weakening somewhat, and the heaviest rains actually appear to be shrinking back slightly westward...

I have been on the back edge of the moderate rain band since 7:45 and I still am...

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I am putting down I ended with 10.75" rain from this event. It likely is off because my gauge was knocked over twice but looking around at totals I feel comfortable there. 

The river is quite angry this morning. I'll get some photos or videos after work if the light is OK. If not tomorrow morning I will. 

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I don’t like the wording CTP is using in the discussion. 

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Med range guidance remains in fairly good agreement into next
week, all of which track surface high pressure across the state
this weekend. By next week, a deepening upper trough over the
Miss Valley, combined with an anomalous upper ridge off the
east coast, could potentially result in another atmospheric
river setup along the east coast.

A generally dry and seasonable weekend appears likely, as high
pressure drifts across the state. However, can`t rule out a
stray shower each day in association with the passage of a pair
of shortwaves.

Early next week is looking increasingly wet, as deep plume of
tropical moisture overruns an approaching warm front. Med range
models indicate warm front is likely to lift north of the state
Tue/Wed. However, central Pa will remain within belt of
anomalous pwats and susceptible to widespread, diurnally-driven
convection into midweek.

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Oh cool another FFW.

Flood Watch
National Weather Service State College PA
936 AM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018

PAZ057>059-064>066-280300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.FF.A.0012.180727T1700Z-180728T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Adams-York-Lancaster-
Including the cities of Harrisburg, Hershey, Pottsville, Lebanon,
Gettysburg, York, and Lancaster
936 AM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in State College has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for a portion of central Pennsylvania,
  including the following areas, Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster,
  Lebanon, Schuylkill, and York.

* From 1 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening

* Showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and
  continue through late evening, with heavy rainfall rates
  likely. Given saturated soil from this week`s excessive
  rainfall, flash flooding may again result.
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