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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 19, 2011Centre County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2011, 12:22 AM EDT for Centre County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2011, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Centre County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Mifflin County, PA

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 19, 12:16 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:16 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 8:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
832 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-200045-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
832 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ036-056>059-063>066-200045-
FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-
LANCASTER-
832 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR OUT OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE ALREADY WET GROUND MAY ALLOW ANY RAINFALL
THURSDAY TO RUN OFF INTO THE STREAMS VERY QUICKLY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DANGELO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 7:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 10:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 11:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1121 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

PAZ063-064-190415-
ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-
1121 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN ADAMS AND WESTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM EDT...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES AT 1116 PM EDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
GENERALLY MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL FALL
FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN JUST A 30 MINUTE PERIOD...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE
RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT GETTYSBURG...CASHTOWN...WALNUT BOTTOM AND
NEWVILLE BETWEEN 1125 PM AND 1215 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 204 AND 219...I-81 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 26 AND 43.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
15...ROUTE 30...STATE ROAD 97.

LAT...LON 3980 7728 3994 7747 3997 7746 4003 7752
      4020 7759 4025 7732 4011 7719 3973 7717

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, May 19, 12:22 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1222 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

PAZ019-026>028-056-190515-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-MIFFLIN PA-PERRY PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
1222 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
CENTRE...CENTRAL PERRY...MIFFLIN...NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON AND
WESTERN JUNIATA COUNTIES...

AT 1218 AM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR STRODES
MILLS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE NEAR BELLEVILLE AROUND 1230
AM...REEDSVILLE AROUND 1240 AM...WHIPPLE DAM STATE PARK AROUND 1250
AM...POTTERS MILLS AROUND 100 AM...BOALSBURG AROUND 110 AM AND
CENTRE HALL AROUND 120 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 161...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69
AND 85.

LAT...LON 4042 7784 4091 7796 4093 7793 4097 7751
      4096 7751 4097 7748 4033 7728

FORECASTER: MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	60 min
May 18, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	53 min
May 18, 9:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lycoming	83 min
May 18, 10:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon	116 min
May 18, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	27 min
May 18, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	54 min
May 18, 11:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	116 min
May 19, 12:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	119 min
May 19, 12:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	64 min
May 19, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Snyder	65 min
May 19, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	55 min
May 19, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	37 min
May 19, 2:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, York	2 hr
May 19, 3:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and 1 more	3 hr
May 19, 3:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CTP	Clinton	14 hr
May 19, 3:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin	3 hr
May 19, 5:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union	94 min
May 19, 11:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster and 7 more	3 hr
May 19, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	33 min
May 19, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill	49 min
May 19, 2:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lycoming	3 hr
May 19, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	27 min
May 19, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, York	3 hr
May 19, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	62 min
May 19, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	59 min
May 19, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	57 min
May 19, 6:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	McKean	3 hr
May 19, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	32 min
May 19, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Potter, Tioga	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.