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Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

December 6, 2008Forest County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 6, 2008, 3:30 PM EST for Forest County, Mercer County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 6, 2008, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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 6, 2008, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 7, 2008, 5:55 PM EST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA

Counties Forest County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Venango County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 3:39 AM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchPBZForest, Mercer, Venango12 hr
Dec 6, 3:30 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPBZArmstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson, Lawrence26 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every 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.