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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS State College, PA

December 1, 2006Cambria County, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 12:45 PM EST for Cambria County, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 75 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2006, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 2:00 PM EST
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 1, 10:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Dec 1, 11:14 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 11:14 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 5:33 AM EST, 7 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
533 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-056>059-063>066-021045-
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-
533 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS
AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS
AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL LINGER
INTO THE EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR RUSHES INTO THE REGION.
HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND FLOODING WILL BE
WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHICH SHOULD OCCUR AROUND NOON OVER THE
LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...AND AROUND 3 PM IN THE
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 1, 11:05 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 1, 12:11 PM EST, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1211 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

PAZ005-011815-
MCKEAN-
1211 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MCKEAN COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF
JAMESTOWN TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARREN TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KANE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
KANE AROUND 1220 PM...WESTLINE...MARSHBURG AROUND 1225 PM...LEWIS
RUN...CYCLONE...BRADFORD AROUND 1230 PM AND REW AROUND 1235 PM.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
219...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 66.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

RHG

FORECASTER:
Local storm report, Dec 1, 12:27 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1227 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2006

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

1146 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCKWOOD                39.92N 79.16W
12/01/2006                   SOMERSET           PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF ROCKWOOD AND
            IN CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP

&&

MBC
Special weather statement, Dec 1, 12:41 PM EST, 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 1, 12:44 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1244 PM EST FRI DEC 01 2006

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

1220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N JOHNSTOWN           40.37N 78.92W
12/01/2006                   CAMBRIA            PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TAYLOR TOWNSHIP.

&&

MBC

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 11:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren46 min
Dec 1, 11:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Somerset61 min
Dec 1, 12:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield, Elk55 min
Dec 1, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair50 min
Dec 1, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean61 min
Dec 1, 1:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter53 min
Dec 1, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union37 min
Dec 1, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan30 min
Dec 1, 2:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia27 min
Dec 1, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMifflin30 min
Dec 1, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Perry56 min
Dec 1, 3:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder31 min
Dec 1, 3:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland, Union33 min
Dec 1, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin53 min
Dec 1, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia49 min
Dec 1, 4:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPColumbia, Northumberland89 min
Dec 1, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill54 min
Dec 1, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon51 min
Dec 1, 5:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork24 min
Dec 1, 5:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster66 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.