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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2011, 9:46 PM EDT for McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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 23, 2011, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County McKean County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 23, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1053 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 PAZ004>006-010>012-017-024-033-037-041-042-241500- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA- SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 1053 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...SOME OF WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... AND AGAIN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ018-019-025>028-034>036-049>053-056>059-063>066-241500- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA- BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 1053 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 338 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... AND AGAIN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ045-046-241500- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 1053 AM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY...SOME OF WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... AND AGAIN THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 53 min |
| May 23, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 43 min |
| May 23, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 51 min |
| May 23, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 44 min |
| May 23, 11:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | McKean, Potter, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 23, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 42 min |
| May 23, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean | 36 min |
| May 24, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 51 min |
| May 24, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 17 min |
| May 24, 12:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Potter, Tioga | 55 min |
| May 24, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 92 min |
| May 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 76 min |
| May 24, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.