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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jan 2, 2012, 6:46 PM EST for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 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
- Jan 2, 2012, 6:46 PM EST (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Cambria County, PA
The radar
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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 Jan 2, 6:38 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 6:38 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 6:02 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
602 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
PAZ017>019-045-022330-
CLEARFIELD PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
602 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CENTRE...NORTHERN CLEARFIELD AND
SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES...
AN AREA OF SNOW SQUALLS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 FROM CLEARFIELD TO LAMAR
WILL DROP SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THROUGH 7 PM. THIS WILL KEEP THE SNOW
FALLING OVER I 80 FOR MOST OF THAT TIME.
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED TODAY. DRIVERS SHOULD KEEP
AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE QUICK REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING
THROUGH SNOW SQUALLS. THE ROADS CAN ALSO BECOME SLICK OR ICY IF NOT
TREATED RECENTLY. DRIVERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN
SNOW.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SNOW SQUALLS. THE SNOW
WILL RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITIES IN THESE SNOW SQUALLS TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 171...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76
AND 85.
LAT...LON 4120 7878 4121 7876 4121 7869 4122 7865
4123 7865 4100 7739 4079 7763 4108 7881
4113 7881
FORECASTER: DANGELOSpecial weather statement, Jan 2, 6:46 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
646 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
PAZ024-025-030030-
BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-
646 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CAMBRIA AND SOUTHERN BLAIR
COUNTIES...
AT 641 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS LAYING WEST TO EAST ALONG ROUTE 22
IN CENTRAL CAMBRIA COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN BLAIR COUNTY JUST TO THE
SOUTH OF ALTOONA. THE SQUALL WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WILL
RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. THERE
WILL BE A QUICK INCH OR SO OF SNOW WHICH WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING
HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON CRESSON MOUNTAIN.
THIS WILL IMPACT I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 31. THIS SQUALL
WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22 FROM THE
INDIANA COUNTY LINE TO EAST OF HOLLIDAYSBURG...AND ROUTE 219 FROM
NEAR SOUTH FORK TO NEAR EBENSBURG.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL.
LAT...LON 4057 7887 4043 7817 4025 7829 4027 7835
4030 7843 4029 7844 4041 7897
FORECASTER: DANGELOThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Elk and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 28 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.