Severe Weather Event of November 16th, 2006

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

Storm Reports

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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