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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 22, 2011Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2011, 2:48 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2011, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 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 Jul 22, 2:28 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:28 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:09 AM EDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
248 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

PAZ036-064-221945-
ADAMS PA-FRANKLIN PA-
248 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND
WEST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 244 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MONT
ALTO TO CLAYLICK TO LINEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. 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
STORMS...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 BE NEAR MONT ALTO AROUND 310 PM...MARION AROUND 330
PM AND CASHTOWN AROUND 350 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
30.

LAT...LON 3977 7806 3992 7769 3994 7714 3971 7750
      3972 7809

FORECASTER: CR/EC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 4:08 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia and 17 more	40 hr
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	37 min
Jul 22, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	58 min
Jul 22, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	36 min
Jul 22, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford	34 min
Jul 22, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	36 min

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Sources

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