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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 29, 2012Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 3:09 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 29, 2012, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Sullivan 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 29, 2:57 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:57 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:02 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
121 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAZ006-012-291745-
NORTHERN CLINTON PA-POTTER PA-
121 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL CLINTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 117 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TAMARACK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM WILL STAY OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
CLINTON COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4161 7761 4138 7759 4135 7785 4144 7790

FORECASTER: DANGELO

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
128 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAZ005-006-291800-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-
128 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN MCKEAN AND
NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 126 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
ELDRED TO WILCOX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. WINDS HAVE ALREADY GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT THE BRADFORD AIRPORT.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SHINGLEHOUSE...ROULETTE AND KEATING SUMMIT.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 219...
STATE ROAD 46...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 446.

LAT...LON 4200 7803 4163 7820 4163 7876 4201 7852

FORECASTER: DANGELO

Local storm report, May 29, 2:12 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:29 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
245 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTMONT                40.32N  78.95W
05/29/2012                   CAMBRIA            PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN

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EVENT NUMBER CTP1200066

COLBERT

Special weather statement, May 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
309 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAZ041-042-291945-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-
309 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL LYCOMING AND
NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BARBOURS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT FORKSVILLE AND DUSHORE.

THIS WILL IMPACT ROUTE 220.

LAT...LON 4153 7623 4134 7674 4136 7684 4145 7695
      4160 7684 4155 7625

FORECASTER: GARTNER/CR

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 11:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	67 min
May 29, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	58 min
May 29, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	25 min
May 29, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	27 min
May 29, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	47 min
May 29, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	24 min
May 29, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk	53 min
May 29, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	32 min
May 29, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	43 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter	69 min
May 29, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin	62 min
May 29, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter	38 min
May 29, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield, Elk	63 min
May 29, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	58 min
May 29, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	31 min
May 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Potter	62 min
May 29, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder and 1 more	39 min
May 29, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	32 min
May 29, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and 2 more	44 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	41 min
May 29, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	32 min
May 29, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga	54 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Perry and 3 more	77 min
May 29, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Centre, Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 5 more	65 min
May 29, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan	34 min
May 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry, York	45 min
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more	72 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	3 hr
May 29, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	43 min
May 29, 5:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill	3 hr
May 29, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	72 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.