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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS State College, PA

October 29, 2008Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm warning at Oct 29, 2008, 11:11 AM EDT for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 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: Oct 29, 2008, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Somerset County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 3:13 PM EDT, 19 hours 58 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
Oct 28, 11:23 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield, Somerset	21 hr
Oct 29, 3:18 AM EDT	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CTP	Elk, Warren	17 hr
Oct 29, 3:18 AM EDT	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every winter storm 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.