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Overview

Squall line brought damaging winds and heavy rains to the region on the afternoon of November 16th, 2006


COOP Total Rainfall Reports	Radar Imagery 1738Z on November 16th	Radar Imagery of Storm in Juniata County

Photos & Video
Storm Reports

Photos & Video


Damage Picture from Kylertown, PA (Clearfield County)	Damage Picture from Kylertown, PA (Clearfield County)

Storm Reports

NWUS51 KCTP 170200
LSRCTP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
900 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

1230 PM FLASH FLOOD SOMERSET 40.01N 79.08W
11/16/2006 SOMERSET PA EMERGENCY MNGR

HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THERE WAS A ROCKSLIDE ALONG THE PA TURNPIKE...AND 8 RAODS
WERE UNDER WATER.

1245 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NNE PHILIPSBURG 40.99N 78.16W
11/16/2006 CLEARFIELD PA EMERGENCY MNGR

5 HOUSES DAMAGED IN KYLERTOWN. A CAR AND CAMPER WERE ALSO
DAMAGED.

0115 PM FLASH FLOOD CLEARFIELD 41.02N 78.44W
11/16/2006 CLEARFIELD PA EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY.

0120 PM FLASH FLOOD ALTOONA 40.51N 78.40W
11/16/2006 BLAIR PA EMERGENCY MNGR

HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT BLAIR
COUNTY...WITH REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS AND CLOSURE OF
SEVERAL ROADS INCLUDING ROUTE 36 AND ROUTE 22. NUMEROUS
CARS WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDERWATER.

0130 PM TSTM WND DMG PERULACK 40.34N 77.66W
11/16/2006 JUNIATA PA PUBLIC

TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN.

0130 PM TSTM WND DMG ULYSSES 41.90N 77.76W
11/16/2006 POTTER PA EMERGENCY MNGR

THUNDERSTORM WINDS RIPPED THE ROOF OFF A BARN.

0130 PM FLASH FLOOD STATE COLLEGE 40.79N 77.86W
11/16/2006 CENTRE PA EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED THROUGHOUT STATE COLLEGE. SMALL

STREAM FLOODING AND FLOODED BASEMENTS WERE ALSO REPORTED.

0134 PM FLASH FLOOD HUNTINGDON 40.50N 78.01W
11/16/2006 HUNTINGDON PA EMERGENCY MNGR

FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN HUNTINGDON INCLUDING FLOODED
BASEMENTS...CLOSED AND FLOODED ROADS.

0135 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NE PERULACK 40.37N 77.62W
11/16/2006 JUNIATA PA PUBLIC

FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN EAST WATERFORD. NO DAMAGE
REPORTED.

0215 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 ENE KNOXVILLE 41.99N 77.33W
11/16/2006 TIOGA PA EMERGENCY MNGR

TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 49 AND ROUTE 414.

0240 PM FLASH FLOOD YORK 39.96N 76.73W
11/16/2006 YORK PA EMERGENCY MNGR

SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ESPECIALLY
HARD HIT WERE MANCHESTER AND YORK TOWNSHIPS. ROADS CLOSED
INCLUDED GRIENBRIAR ROAD...SPRINGWOOD ROAD...BIG OAK ROAD
AND FISCHER ROAD.

0300 PM FLASH FLOOD WILLIAMSPORT 41.24N 77.02W
11/16/2006 LYCOMING PA COUNTY OFFICIAL

911 CENTER REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS MOST OF LYCOMING
COUNTY. MUCH OF THE FLOODING WAS DUE TO STORM DRAINS
CLOGGED BY LEAVES.

0310 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NE MILTON 41.04N 76.81W
11/16/2006 NORTHUMBERLAND PA PUBLIC

STREAMS OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING ROADWAYS IN
TURBOTTSVILLE.

0323 PM FLASH FLOOD DANVILLE 40.96N 76.61W
11/16/2006 MONTOUR PA PUBLIC

STREAMS OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING BUILDINGS.

0325 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 S DILLSBURG 40.05N 77.03W
11/16/2006 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER

LATIMORE CREEK FLOODING MEADOWVIEW DRIVE AND CAPITOL HILL
ROAD.

0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S MILLERSVILLE 39.93N 76.35W
11/16/2006 LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF RTES
998/698. WATER WAS CROSSING SOME ROADS IN THE AREA.

0410 PM FLASH FLOOD SHIREMANSTOWN 40.22N 76.96W
11/16/2006 CUMBERLAND PA TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAIN. YELLOW BREECHES CREEK
WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT MCCORMICK ROAD IN MONROE
TOWNSHIP. CEDAR RUN WAS 2 FEET OVER OLD GETTYSBURG ROAD
IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP.

0430 PM FLASH FLOOD SELINSGROVE 40.80N 76.87W
11/16/2006 SNYDER PA EMERGENCY MNGR

EMA REPORTED THAT MINOR FLOODING HAD BEGUN AT MANY POINTS
IN SNYDER COUNTY.

0525 PM HEAVY RAIN GOLDSBORO 40.15N 76.75W
11/16/2006 M3.32 INCH YORK PA PUBLIC

MEASURED RAINFALL 3.32 INCHES

0530 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SE EAST PETERSBURG 40.04N 76.30W
11/16/2006 M3.40 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER

RAINFALL MEASUREMENT AT ROHRERSTOWN /2 MILES WEST OF
LANCASTER/. SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL STREAMS FLOODING.

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MACH

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
148 PM EST FRI NOV 17 2006

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY COMPLETED IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...

A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM MADE UP OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
LOOKED AT THE DAMAGE IN AND NEAR KYLERTOWN TODAY.

THE TEAM VIEWED DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME AND TO A BUSINESS NEAR
INTERSTATE 80...AS WELL AS TREE DAMAGE NEARBY.

THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE THEY VIEWED WAS NOT DONE BY A
TORNADO...AND WAS INSTEAD DONE BY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS...SOMETIMES CALLED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS OR DOWN BURSTS. THE
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.

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DANGELO/ONDREJIK