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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 27, 2012Cambria County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2012, 5:28 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2012, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cambria County, PA

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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 27, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
402 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

PAZ058-059-272100-
LEBANON PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-
402 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL LEBANON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM EDT...

AT 358 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MUIR...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER OVER ONE INCH IN JUST 20 TO 30
MINUTES WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES
ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
LICKDALE...TREMONT...PINE GROVE AND SUMMIT STATION.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-78 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 8...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND
114.

LAT...LON 4055 7614 4051 7625 4051 7634 4049 7643
      4045 7637 4043 7655 4052 7658 4055 7654
      4061 7661 4066 7654 4070 7641 4071 7619

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, May 27, 4:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 27, 4:50 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:02 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 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 27, 2:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Centre, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	6 hr
May 27, 3:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	24 min
May 27, 1:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	82 min
May 27, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	43 min
May 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	83 min
May 27, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	53 min
May 27, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	43 min
May 27, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	62 min
May 27, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	77 min
May 27, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	58 min
May 27, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	35 min
May 27, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk	53 min
May 27, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Potter	58 min
May 27, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 1 more	80 min
May 27, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	38 min
May 27, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	79 min
May 27, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	24 min
May 27, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 7 more	52 min
May 27, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Montour, Union	54 min
May 27, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 5 more	66 min
May 27, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Perry and 1 more	38 min
May 27, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	27 min
May 27, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour, Northumberland	24 min
May 27, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	44 min
May 27, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	39 min
May 27, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour and 3 more	81 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.