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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Bedford County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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, 3:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 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, 1 hour 6 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: DEVOIRSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 429 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 PAZ034-032115- BEDFORD PA- 429 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY... AT 427 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR OGLETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT NEW PARIS...CESSNA...BEDFORD AND EVERETT. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 157...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 220. LAT...LON 4009 7873 4020 7868 4004 7828 3984 7847 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, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 52 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, 2012Every 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.