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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 26, 2012Cambria County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2012, 5:28 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cambria County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 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, 4:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 16 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, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:45 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:46 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 5:28 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
May 26, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	29 min
May 26, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	34 min
May 26, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	29 min
May 26, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	49 min
May 26, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	58 min
May 26, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	56 min
May 26, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	55 min
May 26, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Snyder, Union	55 min
May 26, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	62 min
May 26, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	52 min
May 26, 3:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Juniata, Snyder, Union	3 hr
May 26, 3:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	2 hr
May 26, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Schuylkill	3 hr
May 26, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	32 min
May 26, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	60 min
May 26, 3:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Huntingdon	119 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	3 hr
May 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	55 min
May 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	38 min
May 26, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	63 min
May 26, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Juniata, Perry	3 hr
May 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	46 min
May 26, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Perry	60 min
May 26, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	74 min
May 26, 5:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	85 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria	111 min
May 26, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	36 min
May 26, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	46 min
May 26, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	75 min
May 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland, Schuylkill	54 min
May 26, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Fulton	39 min
May 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	53 min
May 26, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	57 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.