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Snow Advisory 5, NWS State College, PA

March 15, 2007Elk County, McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this snow advisory at Mar 15, 2007, 3:11 PM EDT for Elk County, McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 16, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 15, 2007, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2007, 5:20 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow 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 snow advisory went out at Mar 15, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:23 AM EDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
523 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

PAZ028-036-041-042-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-160930-
JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-
SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
523 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES COMBINED WITH RECENT
SNOW MELT MAY POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND
CREEKS TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A STORM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW TO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW TO FALL OVER THE
WATCH AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM WINDS DOWN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF YORK AND
LANCASTER COUNTIES...REDUCING TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS THERE DUE
TO MELTING.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033>035-037-045-160930-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
523 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOW MELT
MAY POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS TODAY. A
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A STORM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND TRACK NORTHWARD ALONG THE
EASTERN SEABOARD FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS
TIME...IT APPEARS THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE COMMON ACROSS
CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

DEVOIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 4:24 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 24 more	25 hr
Mar 15, 8:29 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	4 hr
Mar 15, 5:20 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	34 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2007 Every snow advisory in 2007

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.