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Freeze Watch 6, NWS State College, PA

April 17, 20129 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this freeze watch at Apr 17, 2012, 5:50 AM EDT for 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 18, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2012, 5:50 AM EDT (09:50 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2012, 1:18 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Cameron County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at Apr 17, 5:46 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 5:46 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 1:18 PM EDTFreeze WarningCTPCameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 3 more20 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012Every freeze watch in 2012

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.