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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2012, 7:42 PM EDT for McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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
- May 2, 2012, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County McKean County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 May 2, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 307 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 PAZ006-012-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-057>059-066-031915- POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-LANCASTER- 307 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004-005-010-011-017>019-024>028-033>036-056-063>065-031915- WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE- CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-PERRY-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- 307 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RXR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:05 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 705 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 PAZ004-005-030000- MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA- 705 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN MCKEAN COUNTIES... AT 701 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CORRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT COLUMBUS...LOTTSVILLE...SUGAR GROVE...RUSSELL AND SCANDIA. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 62... STATE ROAD 59. LAT...LON 4200 7877 4179 7874 4181 7962 4200 7961 FORECASTER: MARTIN
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
742 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
PAZ004>006-030045-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-WARREN PA-
742 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WARREN...NORTHERN
MCKEAN AND NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES...
AT 739 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES EAST OF SCANDIA...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MARSHBURG...BRADFORD...CYCLONE...REW...
CORYVILLE AND PORT ALLEGANY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 219...
STATE ROAD 46...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 446.
LAT...LON 4201 7819 4200 7801 4173 7805 4181 7899
4201 7898
FORECASTER: MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 55 min |
| May 2, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.