Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm warning at Oct 15, 2009, 4:26 AM EDT for 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 15, 2009, 10:15 AM EDT. It was in force for 29 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 15, 2009, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 15, 2009, 10:15 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2009, 2:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KCTP 150826 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 426 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE... .A STORM DEVELOPING TO OUR SOUTHWEST WILL FORCE RAIN UP AND INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE ABNORMALLY CHILLY AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL LEAD TO A VERY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL STAY MAINLY RAIN. THE STORM WILL LAST QUITE A WHILE...ABOUT TWO DAYS. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY NOT BE DEEP...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY TO POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-152030- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0005.091015T1200Z-091016T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WS.W.0005.091015T2000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 426 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW FOR MOST PLACES LATE TODAY OR TONIGHT. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS WILL GET A FEW INCHES OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN IS MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS...AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKET AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ019-024>028-033>035-045-046-049>053-058-152030- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0005.091015T1200Z-091016T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.091016T0600Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER- MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 426 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD RAIN INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TODAY ON THE RIDGES...BUT LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO MAINLY SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT. THE VALLEYS WILL HAVE RAIN FOR MOST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START TO LOWER DOWN TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE TONIGHT. WHILE MUCH OF FRIDAY WILL ALSO ONLY HOLD RAIN FOR THE VALLEYS...THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD THEN LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS WILL GET AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN IS MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. EXPECT A TOTAL OF ONLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS...AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ DANGELO
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KCTP 151418 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1018 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW POSSIBLE... .A STORM DEVELOPING TO OUR SOUTHWEST WILL FORCE RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE ABNORMALLY CHILLY AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL LEAD TO A VERY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL STAY MAINLY RAIN. THE STORM WILL LAST QUITE A WHILE...ABOUT TWO DAYS. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY NOT BE DEEP...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY TO POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-160230- /O.EXT.KCTP.WS.W.0005.091015T1415Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 1018 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. RAIN AND SNOW OVERSPREADING THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MOSTLY SNOW BY AFTERNOON. BY SUNSET...A GENERAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TREES...GRASS AND COLDER OUTDOOR OBJECTS BY LATE AFTERNOON...WHILE ROADS AND MOST SIDEWALKS REMAIN WET OR SLIGHTLY SLUSHY. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS WILL GET A FEW INCHES OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN IS MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS... AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKET AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ019-024-025-033-034-045-046-160230- /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.091015T1418Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 1018 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...OCCASIONALLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...ON THE RIDGES RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO MOSTLY WET SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS MAINLY SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. THE VALLEYS WILL HAVE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUE TONIGHT...AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE TONIGHT. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE A SIMILAR MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...WHILE RIDGES SEE MOSTLY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MAY ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET AND HEAVY WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS TO 6 INCHES ON THE RIDGE TOPS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. IF THIS BECOMES IMMINENT... THIS ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ026>028-035-049>053-058-160230- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.091016T0600Z-091017T1200Z/ HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 1018 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE VALLEYS...WHILE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES TODAY ON THE RIDGES...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO MAINLY SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS LATER TONIGHT. THE VALLEYS WILL HAVE RAIN FOR MOST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START TO LOWER DOWN TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE TONIGHT. WHILE MUCH OF FRIDAY WILL ALSO ONLY HOLD RAIN FOR THE VALLEYS...THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD THEN LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS WILL GET AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN IS MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. EXPECT A TOTAL OF ONLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS...AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 151854 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 254 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .ABNORMALLY CHILLY AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP VERY EARLY SEASON SNOWFALL IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL STAY MAINLY RAIN. THE STORM WILL LAST QUITE A WHILE...ABOUT TWO DAYS. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY NOT BE DEEP...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY TO POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-160700- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 254 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL WIND DOWN EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS...TREES...GRASS AND OTHER COLDER OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ROADS AND MOST SIDEWALKS REMAIN WET OR SLIGHTLY SLUSHY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. MOST OF IT WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...BUT ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SUNSET. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY FRIDAY BEFORE LIKELY INCREASING AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS... AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKET AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ019-024-025-033-034-045-046-160700- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 254 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS AND MAINLY WET PAVEMENT. HOWEVER...RIDGES WILL HAVE MOSTLY SNOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. THE VALLEYS WILL HAVE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUE TONIGHT...AS THE SNOW LEVEL DROPS TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE TONIGHT. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE A SIMILAR MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...WHILE RIDGES SEE MOSTLY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MAY ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION AGAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET AND HEAVY WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS TO 6 INCHES ON THE RIDGE TOPS. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. IF THIS BECOMES IMMINENT... THIS ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ026>028-035-049>053-058-160700- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.091016T0600Z-091017T1200Z/ HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 254 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. COLDER AIR WILL CAUSE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE RIDGES TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...AND RAIN IN THE VALLEYS TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER DOWN TO ELEVATIONS BELOW 1400 FEET LATE. WHILE MUCH OF FRIDAY WILL ALSO ONLY HOLD RAIN FOR THE VALLEYS...THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD THEN LOWER EVEN FURTHER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL BE A VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW WITH A HIGH WATER- CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT...EVEN THE VALLEYS WILL GET AN INCH OR TWO OF THIS SLUSHY SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT...AS THE WARMING EFFECT OF THE SUN IS MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS MAY BE GENERALLY WET AS THE GROUND IS STILL RELATIVELY WARM. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND PERHAPS A FEW POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. EXPECT A TOTAL OF ONLY 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS...AND MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 160306 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1106 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TEND TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-161115- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... PHILIPSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...TROUT RUN...LAPORTE 1106 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. WHILE MOST OF IT WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...BLANKET AND A CELLULAR PHONE IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ019-024-025-033-034-045-046-161115- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA... SOMERSET...BEDFORD...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT 1106 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE A SIMILAR MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...WHILE RIDGES SEE MOSTLY SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY WET AND HEAVY WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. THE LARGEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING COULD BE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES. IN THE VALLEYS A SLUSHY INCH OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ026>028-035-049>053-058-161115- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.091016T0600Z-091017T1200Z/ HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...MCCONNELLSBURG...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE... DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...POTTSVILLE 1106 PM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 36 HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL CAUSE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE RIDGES TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...AND RAIN IN THE VALLEYS TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. WHILE MUCH OF FRIDAY WILL SEE MAINLY LIGHT RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...THE SNOW LEVEL SHOULD LOWER AFTER SUNSET ON FRIDAY. THIS SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET WITH A HIGH WATER CONTENT. THE HEAVIEST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE LESSER ACCUMULATIONS OF SLUSHY SNOW...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW WILL COLLECT MAINLY ON THE TREES AND COLDER SURFACES...BUT THE ROADS SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY WET WITH JUST SO SLUSHY AREAS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON TREES THAT STILL HAVE MOST OF THE LEAVES ON THEM WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND SOME POWER OUTAGES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE HIGHEST RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 160937 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 537 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TEND TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-162145- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 537 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF AN INCH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ019-024>028-033>035-045-046-049>053-058-162145- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER- MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 537 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 161126 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 726 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TEND TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ019-045-046-162330- /O.EXB.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091016T1700Z/ /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 726 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LARGE FALLING TREE LIMBS COLLAPSING FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY OCTOBER SNOWFALL. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER FOR THIS MORNING...BUT IT WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE...PARTICULARLY IN WOODED AREAS WHERE TREES ARE CAKED WITH ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON RIDGETOPS. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES WILL CONTINUE TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE WET HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING. WHILE THE SNOW IS BEAUTIFUL...DO NOT WALK OUTSIDE UNDER LARGE TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND SNOW MELTS FROM MOST TREES. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-162330- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 726 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF AN INCH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ024>028-033>035-049>053-058-162330- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 726 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ DEVOIR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 161145 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 745 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TEND TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ019-045-046-162345- /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091016T1700Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 745 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER FOR THIS MORNING...BUT IT WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE...PARTICULARLY IN WOODED AREAS WHERE TREES ARE CAKED WITH ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON RIDGETOPS. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES WILL CONTINUE TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE WET HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE WIDESPREAD. WHILE THE SNOW IS BEAUTIFUL...DO NOT WALK OUTSIDE UNDER LARGE TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND SNOW MELTS FROM MOST TREES. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-162345- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 745 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF AN INCH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ024>028-033>035-049>053-058-162345- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 745 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 161148 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 748 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TEND TO SEE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND OCCASIONAL WET SNOW. WHILE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ019-045-046-170000- /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091016T1700Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 748 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER FOR THIS MORNING...BUT IT WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE...PARTICULARLY IN WOODED AREAS WHERE TREES ARE CAKED WITH ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF SNOW ON RIDGETOPS. LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES WILL CONTINUE TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE WET HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE WIDESPREAD. WHILE THE SNOW IS BEAUTIFUL...DO NOT WALK OUTSIDE UNDER LARGE TREES OR IN WOODED AREAS UNTIL AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM AND SNOW MELTS FROM MOST TREES. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-170000- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 748 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF AN INCH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ024>028-033>035-049>053-058-170000- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 748 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. TREATED ROADS WILL TEND TO REMAIN WET WITH JUST SOME SLUSHY AREAS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET...TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 1000 FEET ELEVATION. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$
000 WWUS41 KCTP 161713 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 113 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ019-045-046-170515- /O.EXP.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091016T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 113 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. MELTING HAS REDUCED THE WEIGHT ON MANY TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES... BUT THE WET HEAVY SNOW FROM LAST NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LIMB BREAKAGE AND POWER LINE ISSUES THROUGH TONIGHT. MORE THAN 15 PERCENT OF CENTRE COUNTY REMAINS WITHOUT POWER. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES OVERNIGHT AND A COATING OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. OVER THE RIDGES...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WEIGHT OF THE ALREADY DEPOSITED HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-170515- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 113 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF AN INCH OR SO CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGE TOPS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TEND TO STICK TO COLDER SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...AND GRASSY AREAS WHILE MOST TREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL REMAIN JUST WET OR SLUSHY. WHILE MOST OF THE SNOW WILL MELT AS IT HITS PAVEMENT...SOME UNTREATED ROADS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND EVEN SOME POWER OUTAGES. EXPECT A TOTAL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ024>028-033>035-049>053-058-170515- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 113 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE VALLEYS...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A COATING OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON GRASSY SURFACES...TREES AND CARS. OVER THE RIDGES...MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO POSSIBLE TODAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR THE SNOW ACCUMULATE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN ABOVE 1800 FEET. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW ON FOLIATED TREES WILL CONTINUE CAUSE DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE AREA COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION GOING EVEN INTO SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ DEVOIR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 161851 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...UNUSUAL EARLY SEASON DAMAGING HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORECAST OVER CENTRAL AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY AND WET CHARACTER OF THE SNOW WILL LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL OVER THE RIDGES MAY ALSO BECOME HAZARDOUS. PAZ042-170700- /O.CAN.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091018T1200Z/ SULLIVAN- 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...OVERRUNNING A COLD AND MOIST FLOW OFF OF THE OCEAN. THE RESULT WILL BE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL COATING TO INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT... FOLLOWED BY THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL WEIGH FOLIATED TREES...CAUSING POTENTIAL LIMB BREAKAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-162000- /O.CAN.KCTP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE EARLY SEASON HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH JUST LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. $$ PAZ024-033-162000- /O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091017T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE EARLY SEASON HEAVY SNOW THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH JUST LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ PAZ019-025>028-034-035-045-046-049>053-058-170700- /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-091018T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 251 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...OVERRUNNING A COLD AND MOIST FLOW OFF OF THE OCEAN. THE RESULT WILL BE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES...ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. AN ADDITIONAL COATING TO INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT... FOLLOWED BY THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL WEIGH FOLIATED TREES...CAUSING POTENTIAL LIMB BREAKAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT... WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. && $$ DEVOIR
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 15, 2:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 2:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 223 AM EDT THU OCT 15 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD THURSDAY...THEN OFF THE EAST COAST THIS WEEKEND. THIS STORM WILL PULL ATLANTIC MOISTURE INTO PA ON DEEP EASTERLY FLOW. THIS COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLY DAMAGING EARLY-SEASON SNOW THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER OVERHEAD FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND...BUT A WARMING TREND IS SEEN NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SCATTERED LIGHT PRECIP RACING EAST ACROSS THE AREA. NEW NAM SHOWS PRECIP REDEVELOPING FROM SW-NE BY EARLY THURS AM. SO FAR FCST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH LATEST SREF GUIDANCE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF A MAINLY ELEVATION DEPENDENT WINTER STORM. SEE NO REASON TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE BULK OF THE PACKAGE AT THIS HOUR. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... STORM SYSTEM SLIDING UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION EARLY THU...AND WILL BEGIN PRIMARILY AS LIGHT RAIN. AS PRECIP INCREASES COINCIDING WITH INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS AND MOISTURE ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIFT WITH APPROACHING LOW...PRECIP WILL BECOME HEAVIER. TRICKY PRECIP TYPE FORECAST AS MODELS CONTINUE TO BOUNCE AROUND A BIT...AND SOUNDINGS STRADDLING THE FREEZING MARK...BUT IT APPEARS THAT DYNAMIC LIFT WILL BE ENOUGH TO CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL PA. COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IN PLACES...AND ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW/MODERATE DECIDED TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WATCH TO ACCOUNT FOR 1/ THE EARLY SEASON ACCUMULATIONS AND 2/ POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO BRING DOWN LEAF-LADEN TREES ONTO POWER LINES. OUR CWA DOES APPEAR TO BE IN THE BULLS EYE FOR THIS EVENT AS WELL...SO WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY COLD FOR OCT...AVERAGING AROUND 20-25F BLO NORMS FOR HIGHS AS TEMPS STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 30S IN MANY PLACES. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ALL MDL AND ENSEMBLE GUID IS IN AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING AN ANOMALOUS ERN CONUS TROUGH...WHICH IS FCST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE UNSEASONABLY STRONG/DEEP TROUGH ALOFT WILL SUPPORT MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THRU MONDAY...WITH SOME DEPARTURES AS MUCH AS LOW 20-25 DEGREES SEASONAL CLIMO. INCREASING HEIGHTS AND RETURN TO MORE OF A W-E FLOW ALOFT SHUD ALLOW FOR MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS BY NEXT TUE-WED. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHUD BE TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AS THE COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NEWD TWD THE MARITIMES. HOWEVER...STG FGEN FORCING AND MID LVL DEFORMATION UNDER THE APPROACHING H5 TROUGH COULD KEEP PRECIP GOING INTO SAT. GUID THEN CLOSES OFF THIS ENERGY OVR THE MID ATLC REGION ON SUNDAY...INDUCING ANOTHER CYC OFF THE COAST. HPC HAS NOTED THE OP GFS AS BEING THE MOST BULLISH ON A SLOWER/DEEPER SOLN...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF OP MDLS AND ENSEMBLES FAVOR A SLIGHTLY MORE PROGRESSIVE EVOLUTION. DEPENDING ON THE AMT OF FORCING...ADDITIONAL WINTRY PCPN IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THE COMMA HEAD AND OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. FCST WILL NEED TO BE REFINED IN THE COMING DAYS...BUT DUE TO NEAR/SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL RELY HEAVILY ON THE ENSEMBLE DATA FOR THE TIME BEING AND RAIN/SNOW MENTION IN THE FCST. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LOW PRESSURE OVR THE MIDWEST WILL PUSH EAST TODAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION AND LOWERING CIGS/VSBYS INTO CENTRAL PA LATER THIS MORNING. AS OF 06Z ONLY JST REPORTING IFR CIGS. HOWEVER...AS STEADY PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADS THE REGION BTWN 11Z- 14Z...EXPECT CIGS TO DROP TO IFR EVERYWHERE. PTYPE LIKELY TO BEGIN AS SNOW OVR THE N MTNS /BFD/ AND RAIN ELSEWHERE. A CHANGEOVR TO SNOW WILL LIKELY WORK SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ALLEGHENIES LATE TDY AND TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR CONDS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL PA. POTENTIAL FOR SIG ICING WILL ALSO EXIST ALOFT DURING THIS PERIOD. BFD AND JST ARE THE MOST LIKELY AIRFIELDS TO RECEIVE A FEW INCHES OF HVY WET SNOW LATER TDY/TONIGHT. SOME CHC OF ACCUMS ON GRASSY SURFACES AT AOO/UNV/IPT...AND ALMOST NO CHC OF ACCUMS AT MDT. OUTLOOK... FRI...IFR IN RA/SN. SAT...IFR TO MVFR. CONDS IMPROV W TO E. SUN...MVFR TO VFT. CONDS IMPROV W TO E. MON...VFR. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041- 042-045-046-049>053-058. && SYNOPSIS...LA CORTE NEAR TERM...LA CORTE SHORT TERM...RXR LONG TERM...STEINBUGL AVIATION...FITZGERALD
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 3:39 PM EDT, 12 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 339 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2009 PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-151945- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 339 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ019-025>028-034-035-045-046-049>053-058-151945- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 339 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-151945- FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 339 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A EARLY-SEASON STORM WILL BRING RAIN AND EVEN SOME SNOW TO THE REGION FROM THURSDAY INTO SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THERE COULD BE AN ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW MAINLY ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ON FRIDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL SEE MAINLY RAIN. A HEAVY WET SNOW COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...AS MOST TREES STILL HAVE LEAVES ON THEM. ANY SNOW WOULD SLOW TRAVEL AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. RXR
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 4:26 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 18 more | 65 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.