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Winter Storm Watch 8, NWS State College, PA

October 28, 201127 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm watch at Oct 28, 2011, 2:12 AM EDT for 27 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 29, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2011, 2:12 AM EDT (06:12 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 28, 2011, 1:08 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

All 27 counties

Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Oct 28, 1:49 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 1:49 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 11:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 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
Oct 28, 1:08 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 22 more	33 hr
Oct 28, 1:19 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren	30 hr

Nearby

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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.