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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 26, 20124 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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 26, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Perry County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
306 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>026-033>037-041-042-045-046-271915-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
306 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PAZ027-028-049>053-056>059-063>066-271915-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
306 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

RXR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
343 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAZ046-053-262015-
COLUMBIA PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-
343 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN COLUMBIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTIES...

AT 339 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CAMBRA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT ORANGEVILLE AND BERWICK.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 247.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...STATE
ROAD 118.

LAT...LON 4098 7622 4121 7668 4129 7650 4128 7645
      4129 7643 4129 7631 4121 7632 4114 7627
      4114 7623 4114 7622 4103 7622 4098 7621

FORECASTER: EVANEGO
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:05 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
405 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAZ024-025-262100-
BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-
405 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BLAIR AND EAST CENTRAL
CAMBRIA COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ASHVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN
THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT HORSESHOE CURVE...ALTOONA...CANOE CREEK STATE
PARK...HOLLIDAYSBURG AND ROYER.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 42.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22...ROUTE
220.

LAT...LON 4031 7826 4056 7863 4065 7858 4068 7848
      4055 7819 4053 7817 4054 7815 4049 7816
      4049 7813 4048 7813 4040 7818

FORECASTER: LAMBERT
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:07 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
407 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAZ045-046-262045-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-
407 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL CLINTON AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LYCOMING COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR JERSEY SHORE...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT DUBOISTOWN AND COLLOMSVILLE.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 15...ROUTE
220.

LAT...LON 4115 7691 4115 7696 4110 7697 4109 7698
      4106 7725 4120 7736 4126 7725 4127 7701

FORECASTER: EVANEGO
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:12 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
412 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

PAZ026>028-262115-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-MIFFLIN PA-
412 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
HUNTINGDON...SOUTHWESTERN MIFFLIN AND WEST CENTRAL JUNIATA
COUNTIES...

AT 406 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HUNTINGDON NORTHEAST
TOWARDS MCALEVYS FORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN
A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MCVEYTOWN...NEWTON
HAMILTON AND BLACKLOG.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22...ROUTE
22/522...ROUTE 522.

LAT...LON 4049 7750 4027 7788 4054 7812 4069 7780

FORECASTER: CR
Special weather statement, May 26, 4:29 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield29 min
May 26, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre34 min
May 26, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield29 min
May 26, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPNorthumberland, Snyder, Union49 min
May 26, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre58 min
May 26, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield56 min
May 26, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield55 min
May 26, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Snyder, Union55 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford62 min
May 26, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill52 min
May 26, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPJuniata, Snyder, Union3 hr
May 26, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Somerset2 hr
May 26, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPSchuylkill3 hr
May 26, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia32 min
May 26, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill60 min
May 26, 3:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Huntingdon119 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPSchuylkill3 hr
May 26, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair55 min
May 26, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming38 min
May 26, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon63 min
May 26, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPJuniata, Perry3 hr
May 26, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria46 min
May 26, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Schuylkill74 min
May 26, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria47 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPColumbia, Schuylkill85 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria111 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford36 min
May 26, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford46 min
May 26, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster75 min
May 26, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPNorthumberland, Schuylkill54 min
May 26, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Fulton39 min
May 26, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster53 min
May 26, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster57 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.