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Lake Effect Snow Warning 6, NWS State College, PA

December 21, 2008Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 21, 2008, 2:41 PM EST for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 22, 2008, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr. 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 21, 2008, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2008, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2008, 3:31 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Dec 21, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 11:46 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:37 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 21, 2:41 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 10 more	19 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every lake effect snow warning in 2008

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.