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Freeze Watch 9, NWS State College, PA

April 28, 201223 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this freeze watch at Apr 28, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT for 23 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 29, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2012, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2012, 2:34 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

All 23 counties

Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Elk County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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 28, 2:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 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
Apr 28, 2:34 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 16 more	18 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.