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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT for Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 88 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 7, 2012, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Tioga County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 7, 7:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 10:52 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1052 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-081500- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 1052 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES REGION OF NEW YORK...AND AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WILLIAMSPORT BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS BATCH OF STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PAZ019-025>028-034-035-045-046-049>053-058-081500- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 1052 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HEAT ADVISORY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-081500- FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 1052 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. LAMBERT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1102 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
PAZ037-071630-
TIOGA PA-
1102 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TIOGA
COUNTY...
AT 1053 AM EDT...THE SOUTHWEST END OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODHULL TO 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WOODHULL TO 17 MILES NORTH OF STANNARDS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST...UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ALSO...EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY CROSS EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN TIOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1230 PM. DO NOT STAY
IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT ELKLAND...TIOGA JUNCTION AND ROSEVILLE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6 NEAR THE
BRADFORD COUNTY LINE...ROUTE 15 FROM TIOGA TO LAWRENCEVILLE.
LAT...LON 4199 7692 4194 7690 4177 7689 4177 7690
4200 7735 4200 7693
FORECASTER: LAMBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Potter, Tioga | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 3 more | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Snyder | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Perry | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 72 min |
| Jul 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 20 min |
| Jul 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 18 min |
| Jul 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, York | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York | 69 min |
Nearby
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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.