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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

April 26, 2012Adams County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 26, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Adams County, PA

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The text

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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 26, 8:24 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 8:24 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
442 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-272045-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
442 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ019-025>028-034>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-272045-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
442 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GARTNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:12 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
812 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

PAZ035-036-064-065-270100-
ADAMS PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-YORK PA-
812 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FULTON...SOUTHERN
ADAMS...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF
ADAMS...FRANKLIN...FULTON AND YORK COUNTIES AT 804 PM EDT. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.

LAT...LON 3983 7817 3995 7753 3975 7674 3971 7692
      3972 7771

FORECASTER: LA CORTE

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:39 PM EDT, 0 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 26, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	48 min
Apr 27, 4:26 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	5 hr
Apr 27, 9:40 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	23 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012 Every special weather statement 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.