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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS State College, PA

May 23, 2009Blair County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2009, 2:12 PM EDT for Blair County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2009, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2009, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Blair County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 2:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:06 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:32 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1132 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2009

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-241545-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1132 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	39 min
May 23, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	39 min
May 23, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	47 min
May 23, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton, Huntingdon	63 min
May 23, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	52 min
May 23, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	63 min
May 23, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	24 min

Nearby

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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.