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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 29, 2012Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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 29, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County Lycoming County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 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
667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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 29, 2:57 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:57 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:02 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:29 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 43 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

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1200066

COLBERT
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:09 PM EDT, 19 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
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
319 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAZ058-292000-
SCHUYLKILL PA-
319 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...

AT 318 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MUIR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT TREMONT...JOE ZERBEY AIRPORT AND
MINERSVILLE.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 126.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 209...STATE
ROAD 61.

LAT...LON 4058 7600 4057 7603 4058 7605 4053 7617
      4051 7625 4051 7634 4049 7644 4060 7660
      4083 7624 4063 7598

FORECASTER: RXR
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
328 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

PAZ041-046-292000-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-
328 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY...

AT 324 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DUBOISTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MONTOURSVILLE...HUGHESVILLE AND PICTURE ROCKS.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 15...ROUTE
220...STATE ROAD 118.

LAT...LON 4145 7676 4141 7675 4135 7667 4126 7657
      4113 7705 4124 7715 4146 7678

FORECASTER: GARTNER/JUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren67 min
May 29, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren58 min
May 29, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren25 min
May 29, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren27 min
May 29, 1:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPotter47 min
May 29, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton24 min
May 29, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Clearfield, Elk53 min
May 29, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean32 min
May 29, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga43 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean, Potter69 min
May 29, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair, Huntingdon, Mifflin62 min
May 29, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter38 min
May 29, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Clearfield, Elk63 min
May 29, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga58 min
May 29, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon31 min
May 29, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Potter62 min
May 29, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder and 1 more39 min
May 29, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan36 min
May 29, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga32 min
May 29, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon and 2 more44 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill41 min
May 29, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga54 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Perry and 3 more77 min
May 29, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Centre, Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 5 more65 min
May 29, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Sullivan34 min
May 29, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry, York45 min
May 29, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more72 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Schuylkill3 hr
May 29, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill43 min
May 29, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill3 hr
May 29, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York72 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.