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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 3, 2012Cambria County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2012, 3:23 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 3, 2012, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cambria County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 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 Jul 3, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1225 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-041630-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-
1225 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
NIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THE 4TH OF JULY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD
WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ012-018-019-025>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-053-058-041630-
NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-
1225 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THE 4TH OF JULY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD
WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ036-046-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-041630-
FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1225 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON THE 4TH OF JULY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD
WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES FROM
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DANGELO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
323 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

PAZ024-033-032015-
CAMBRIA PA-SOMERSET PA-
323 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMBRIA AND NORTH CENTRAL
SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 316 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF BELSANO TO ARMAGH TO BOLIVAR...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT VINTONDALE...CARROLLTOWN...SOUTH
FORK...LORETTO AND WINDBER.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...THE JOHNSTOWN
EXPRESSWAY...ROUTE 22...ROUTE 219...ROUTE 422...STATE ROAD 56.

LAT...LON 4038 7899 4065 7884 4058 7854 4036 7870
      4017 7889 4023 7911

FORECASTER: DEVOIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	46 min
Jul 3, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	57 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	53 min
Jul 3, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Franklin, Fulton	60 min

Nearby

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.