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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

April 19, 2011Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2011, 9:46 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2011, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Huntingdon County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 19, 8:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:36 AM EDT, 17 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
450 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

PAZ033-034-192145-
BEDFORD PA-SOMERSET PA-
450 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND
SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 448 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
DUNBAR TO 15 MILES WEST OF BRUCETON MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM
THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES
WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CONFLUENCE AROUND 510
PM...ROCKWOOD AROUND 520 PM...SALISBURY AROUND 530 PM...NEW
BALTIMORE AROUND 540 PM AND BUFFALO MILLS AROUND 550 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115
AND 133.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 40...ROUTE
219...ROUTE 220.

LAT...LON 3971 7939 3973 7941 3982 7937 3985 7942
      3987 7942 3990 7941 4000 7934 3999 7844
      3972 7875

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
946 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

PAZ025>028-056-200230-
BLAIR PA-HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-MIFFLIN PA-PERRY PA-
946 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BLAIR...SOUTHERN
HUNTINGDON...SOUTHWESTERN JUNIATA...SOUTHWESTERN MIFFLIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...

AT 940 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SHY BEAVER...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY
IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CASSVILLE AROUND 950 PM...SHIRLEYSBURG
AROUND 1000 PM...PERULACK AROUND 1010 PM AND BLAIN AROUND 1020 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22...ROUTE
22/522...ROUTE 522.

LAT...LON 4023 7765 4025 7764 4025 7767 4027 7766
      4029 7767 4023 7775 4024 7824 4029 7826
      4026 7828 4032 7834 4041 7826 4042 7747
      4023 7751 4022 7753

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria	66 min
Apr 19, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon	40 min
Apr 20, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	45 min
Apr 20, 3:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk, McKean	47 min
Apr 20, 4:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	42 min
Apr 20, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Warren	40 min
Apr 20, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	35 min

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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.