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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

November 22, 2011Potter County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Nov 22, 2011, 6:45 PM EST for Potter County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2011, 8:45 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Nov 22, 5:36 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 5:36 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 2:54 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
254 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056-063>065-232000-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-
254 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A MODERATE RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE INCH AND TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THIS RAIN MAY BE
ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND IN
PLACES WHERE FALLEN LEAVES CLOG STORM DRAINS. SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS COULD SEE SHARP RISES TO NEAR BANK FULL. EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. THE LARGER
WATERWAYS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ057>059-066-232000-
DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER-
254 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

A MODERATE RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE INCH AND THREE INCHES
IS EXPECTED IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THIS RAIN MAY
BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND IN
PLACES WHERE FALLEN LEAVES CLOG STORM DRAINS. SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS COULD SEE SHARP RISES TO NEAR BANK FULL. EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
LARGER WATERWAYS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 22, 6:45 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
645 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

PAZ006-037-230145-
POTTER PA-TIOGA PA-
645 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT POTTER AND TIOGA COUNTIES...

AS AN AREA OF RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE REGION THIS
EVENING...TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING COULD
LEAD TO SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN.

EXPECT THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL AS UNTREATED ROADS AND
WALKWAYS COULD BECOME ICY AND DANGEROUS.

LAT...LON 4200 7693 4159 7688 4154 7760 4147 7802
      4165 7820 4199 7820

FORECASTER: LA CORTE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 2:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill13 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Every 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.