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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

June 3, 2012Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 3, 2012, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County Bedford County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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 Jun 3, 4:07 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:07 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:06 AM EDT, 13 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
306 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-040715-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
306 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY BUT IS POSSIBLE.

DANGELO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

PAZ024>026-033-034-032115-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-SOMERSET PA-
426 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET...NORTHERN
BEDFORD...SOUTHERN BLAIR...SOUTHERN CAMBRIA AND WEST CENTRAL
HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WILMORE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT SKI GAP...CLAYSBURG...WOODBURY...SAXTON AND
BROAD TOP CITY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 161...I-70 NEAR
MILE MARKER 147...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 28.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22...ROUTE
30...ROUTE 219...ROUTE 220...ROUTE 422.

LAT...LON 4027 7897 4051 7877 4036 7801 4012 7816
      4007 7821 4006 7820 3996 7826

FORECASTER: JUNG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield94 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Montour64 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield72 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder43 min
Jun 3, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union57 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union59 min
Jun 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more54 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren30 min
Jun 3, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill33 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPElk, McKean31 min
Jun 3, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Lancaster and 2 more57 min
Jun 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 3 more63 min
Jun 3, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming and 3 more50 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset49 min
Jun 3, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Franklin, Lancaster, York64 min
Jun 3, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 5 more61 min
Jun 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren33 min
Jun 3, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset27 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPJuniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and 2 more35 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton, Columbia, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata and 9 more40 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.