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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT for McKean County, Potter County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 83 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, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA
The radar
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The text
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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, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 11:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 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: LAMBERTSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 1:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
152 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
PAZ005-006-037-071915-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-TIOGA PA-
152 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
MCKEAN...NORTHERN POTTER AND TIOGA COUNTIES BETWEEN 215 PM AND 315
PM EDT...
AT 146 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
ANGELICA...TO LITTLE VALLEY...AND SINCLAIRVILLE IN SOUTHERN NEW
YORK. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHEAST AT...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK BORDER AROUND 215 PM...THEN SOUTH OF ROUTE 6
BETWEEN 230 PM AND 315 PM.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND
MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT GENESEE...ELKLAND...COUDERSPORT
AND ROULETTE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 15...
ROUTE 219...STATE ROAD 46...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 446...STATE
ROAD 449.
LAT...LON 4174 7688 4170 7688 4164 7726 4168 7839
4200 7892 4201 7732
FORECASTER: LAMBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 88 min |
| Jul 7, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 39 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.