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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 31, 2011Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT for Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 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 31, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Mifflin County, PA

The radar

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The text

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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 31, 5:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 7:41 AM EDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:36 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:02 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 31, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	63 min
Jul 31, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	62 min
Aug 1, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	25 min
Aug 1, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	23 min
Aug 1, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	45 min
Aug 1, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	50 min
Aug 1, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	26 min
Aug 1, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Sullivan	35 min
Aug 1, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming	32 min
Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, York	29 min
Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	33 min
Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Union	63 min
Aug 1, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan	56 min
Aug 1, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Union	52 min
Aug 1, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill	47 min
Aug 1, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	32 min
Aug 1, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill	60 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon, Schuylkill	28 min
Aug 1, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	22 min
Aug 1, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan	37 min
Aug 1, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	30 min
Aug 1, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon	25 min
Aug 1, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	42 min
Aug 1, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Juniata, Perry	26 min
Aug 1, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon	24 min
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry	62 min
Aug 1, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Mifflin	36 min
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Lancaster, York	55 min
Aug 1, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	56 min
Aug 1, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	31 min
Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland, Mifflin, Perry	31 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.