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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 11, 2011Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2011, 5:38 PM EDT for Cambria County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 11, 2011, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 11, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
538 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

PAZ024-025-033-034-112230-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-SOMERSET PA-
538 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMBRIA...SOMERSET...WESTERN
BEDFORD AND WESTERN BLAIR COUNTIES...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO CAMBRIA AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES BY 500 PM EDT AND BEDFORD AND BLAIR COUNTIES BY 6
PM. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
EXPECT INTENSE 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 WILL
FALL FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...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 WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 138...I-99 NEAR
MILE MARKER 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...THE JOHNSTOWN
EXPRESSWAY...ROUTE 22...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 40...ROUTE 219...ROUTE
422...STATE ROAD 56.

LAT...LON 3971 7939 3974 7941 3982 7937 3985 7942
      3990 7941 4009 7926 4012 7921 4013 7918
      4036 7900 4070 7883 4070 7831 3972 7875

FORECASTER: CERU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	53 min
Jul 11, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset	57 min
Jul 11, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, York	34 min

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Sources

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