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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 3, 2012Bedford County, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2012, 5:16 AM EDT for Bedford County, Fulton 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: May 3, 2012, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Fulton County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 3, 2:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 2:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
215 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

PAZ006-012-018-019-026>028-035>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-
063>066-040615-
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-HUNTINGDON-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
215 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-025-033-034-040615-
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-
215 AM EDT THU MAY 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 12:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 5:16 AM 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
May 2, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	29 min
May 2, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	52 min
May 2, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 1 more	62 min
May 2, 9:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren	3 hr
May 2, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	34 min
May 2, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Union	33 min
May 2, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	31 min
May 3, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	25 min
May 3, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland, Lancaster, York	71 min
May 3, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	47 min
May 3, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Elk, McKean	39 min
May 3, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	25 min
May 3, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Elk	2 hr
May 3, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	50 min
May 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clearfield	45 min
May 3, 4:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	3 hr
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	31 min
May 3, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	41 min
May 3, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	42 min
May 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	57 min
May 3, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	24 min
May 3, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	46 min
May 3, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	56 min
May 3, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder	47 min
May 3, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	57 min
May 3, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Perry	60 min
May 3, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Northumberland	64 min
May 3, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	25 min
May 3, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	45 min
May 3, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon	58 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.