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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 19, 2011Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2011, 8:34 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Franklin 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 May 19, 7:49 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:49 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 5:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
446 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

PAZ064>066-192145-
ADAMS PA-LANCASTER PA-YORK PA-
446 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN ADAMS...WEST CENTRAL
LANCASTER AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EAST BERLIN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR YORK BY 540 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33.

LAT...LON 4010 7710 4015 7703 4015 7698 4016 7698
      4016 7697 4014 7675 4012 7673 4014 7670
      4013 7657 3972 7667 3972 7718

FORECASTER: MARTIN

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
503 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

PAZ005-006-192200-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-
503 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCKEAN AND
NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PORT ALLEGANY. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WAS PART OF A BAND OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHWESTWARD
TO NEAR BRADFORD.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
219...STATE ROAD 46...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 446.

LAT...LON 4184 7799 4162 7819 4200 7892 4201 7818

FORECASTER: MARTIN

Special weather statement, May 19, 6:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
613 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

PAZ005-006-192245-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-
613 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCKEAN AND
NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR OSWAYO...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR
SHINGLEHOUSE AROUND 630 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT ROUTE 6.

LAT...LON 4201 7800 4200 7800 4200 7798 4190 7797
      4178 7812 4194 7836 4201 7815 4201 7814

FORECASTER: EVANEGO/GRUMM

Local storm report, May 19, 6:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 7:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 7:53 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 7:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Tioga	3 hr
May 20, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour, Northumberland	56 min
May 20, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland	61 min
May 20, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	57 min
May 20, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	24 min

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Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.