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Snow Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA

February 29, 200817 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this snow advisory at Feb 29, 2008, 4:24 AM EST for 17 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 29, 2008, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 29, 2008, 4:24 AM EST (09:24 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 29, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 1, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 Feb 29, 3:37 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 3:37 AM EST, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 1:09 PM EST, 15 hours 15 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
Feb 29, 6:02 PM EST	Heavy Snow Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	10 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every snow advisory 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.