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Heat Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA

August 24, 200718 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this heat advisory at Aug 24, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT for 18 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 25, 2007, 3:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2007, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 25, 2007, 3:50 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 25, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 24, 3:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 12:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1201 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-251615-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
1201 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE
SATURDAY...TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

PAZ019-024>028-033>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-251615-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-
SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-
LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1201 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE HEAT WILL BUILD ON SATURDAY AND COULD PUSH HEAT INDICES NEAR
TO OR OVER 100 DEGREES.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE
SATURDAY...TRIGGERING POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
OR LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE
STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

DANGELO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga57 min

Nearby

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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.