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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

April 21, 2012Perry County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2012, 2:23 PM EDT for Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2012, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Perry County, PA

The radar

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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 Apr 21, 1:46 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 1:46 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 9:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 2:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
223 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

PAZ056-211900-
PERRY PA-
223 PM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERRY
COUNTY...

AT 219 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LANDISBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
NEW BLOOMFIELD...NEWPORT...DUNCANNON AND LIVERPOOL.

THIS WILL IMPACT ROUTE 322/22.

LAT...LON 4030 7734 4042 7737 4057 7714 4062 7697
      4036 7704

FORECASTER: DANGELO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	54 min
Apr 21, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	57 min
Apr 21, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	66 min
Apr 21, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	28 min
Apr 21, 4:17 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 10 more	24 hr
Apr 21, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	89 min
Apr 21, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	36 min
Apr 21, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	33 min
Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	78 min
Apr 21, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	74 min

Nearby

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Sources

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