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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

August 18, 2011Adams County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2011, 9:09 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 18, 2011, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Adams County, PA

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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 Aug 18, 9:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 9:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:35 AM EDT, 16 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:09 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
Aug 18, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	19 min
Aug 18, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	33 min
Aug 18, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	21 min
Aug 18, 10:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	36 min
Aug 19, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Forest	43 min
Aug 19, 10:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	29 min
Aug 19, 10:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	40 min
Aug 19, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield, Potter	49 min
Aug 19, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clinton, Potter	45 min
Aug 19, 12:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	58 min
Aug 19, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	33 min
Aug 19, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon	52 min
Aug 19, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon, Mifflin	27 min
Aug 19, 1:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	47 min
Aug 19, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	32 min
Aug 19, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	27 min
Aug 19, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	39 min
Aug 19, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	34 min
Aug 19, 1:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Snyder, Union	60 min
Aug 19, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Sullivan	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	66 min
Aug 19, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Union	61 min
Aug 19, 2:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Union	3 hr
Aug 19, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	33 min
Aug 19, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	26 min
Aug 19, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	55 min
Aug 19, 3:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Juniata, Perry	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	78 min
Aug 19, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	61 min
Aug 19, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	63 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	68 min
Aug 19, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams	53 min
Aug 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	65 min
Aug 19, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	62 min
Aug 19, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	61 min
Aug 19, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	72 min
Aug 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	53 min
Aug 19, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	46 min
Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	53 min
Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	53 min
Aug 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Somerset	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Warren	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	34 min
Aug 19, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	52 min
Aug 19, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	63 min
Aug 19, 6:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	2 hr
Aug 19, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	62 min
Aug 19, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.