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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 5, 2012Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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 5, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cumberland County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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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 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 12:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033>037-041-042-045-061700-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE
SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ028-046-049>053-056>059-063-066-061700-
JUNIATA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-
COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES ON FRIDAY. THE HEAT
WILL PEAK ON SATURDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES LIKELY EXCEEDING 100
DEGREES.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE
SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ064-065-061700-
ADAMS-YORK-
1255 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES ON FRIDAY. THE HEAT
WILL PEAK ON SATURDAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES LIKELY EXCEEDING 100
DEGREES.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE
SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

GARTNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:04 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
504 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

PAZ056-063-052200-
CUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-
504 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LOYSVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT BLOSERVILLE...CARLISLE SPRINGS AND CARLISLE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 218 AND 230...I-81 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 41 AND 55.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT ROUTE 11.

LAT...LON 4024 7703 4010 7728 4034 7739 4040 7738
      4039 7733

FORECASTER: DEVOIR

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
515 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

PAZ063>065-052145-
ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-YORK PA-
515 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BLOSERVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT BOILING SPRINGS...MOUNT HOLLY SPRING AND YORK
SPRINGS.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 223...I-81 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 40 AND 47.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
15...STATE ROAD 94.

LAT...LON 4003 7694 3991 7717 4020 7734 4026 7732
      4025 7726

FORECASTER: DEVOIR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	17 min
Jul 4, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	39 min
Jul 4, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour	52 min
Jul 4, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	34 min
Jul 4, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Carbon	20 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	56 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, York	35 min
Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	41 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry	61 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.