Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 12:56 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2012, 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Franklin County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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 7, 4:25 PM EDT, 20 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:25 PM EDT, 20 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 425 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 .SYNOPSIS... THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE SUMMER SO FAR WILL GIVE WAY TO RELIEF FROM A COLD FRONT AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE COOL DOWN THAT FOLLOWS THIS COLD FRONT WILL LAST MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... INTENSE SQUALL LINE/MCS HAS BEEN PROGRESSING SOUTH FROM THE NRN MTNS OF PENN AND AIMED DIRECTLY AT THE MID SUSQ VALLEY AND SURROUNDING CENTRAL MTNS. HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL /UP TO 1.75 INCHES/ AND WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE NRN MTNS THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE EASTERN END OF THIS LINE FALLS RIGHT WITHIN A DISTINCT BULLSEYE OF TORNADO THREAT BASED ON LLVL SHEAR/HELICITY AND EHI. HOWEVER...LOCAL STUDIES ON AN EXTENSIVE TORNADO DATABASE OVER THE PAST DECADE OR SO SUGGESTS THAT LCLS AND SFC BASED T/TD SPREADS REMAIN TOO HIGH FOR MORE THAN A BRIEF EF0 TORNADO INVOF KIPT AND POINTS EAST AND SE LATE TODAY. MESO ENVIRONMENT JUST EAST OF KIPT THROUGH SULLIVAN AND NRN COLUMBIA COUNTIES MAY HAVE BEEN MODIFIED BY LATE MORNING TSRA AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO FAVOR RELATIVELY LOWER LCL HEIGHTS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DOWNBURST GUSTS FROM THE NORTHWEST...UP TO 75 MPH. TSRA WILL PROGRESS SEWRD THROUGH SCHUYLKILL COUNTY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE SOUTHERN AND WRN END OF THE LINE BECOMING MORE SCTD/BROKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS MUCH WARMER MID LEVEL AIR...AND IS MORE DETACHED FROM THE STRONGER LOW-MID LEVEL WNW SHEAR. OTHERWISE...ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW...TO SVRL MORE HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN PENN. NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQ...AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 105F. THE REAL PUSH OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR WAITS UNTIL LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY TO GET INTO FAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...AND TAKES UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT TO REACH THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WILL KEEP MINS VERY MILD IN THE SRN HALF OF THE AREA. THE NRN TIER COUNTIES WILL DIP INTO THE L-M60S...WHICH ARE NOT FAR FROM NORMALS. THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF PA WILL REMAIN MUGGY WITH AREAS OF CLOUDS AND ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PWATS KEEPING OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/... THE FRONT WILL SLOW AS IT MOVES SOUTH AND AWAY FROM THE STRONGER WNW FLOW ALOFT...AND HIGH PWAT AIR OF NEARLY 2 INCHES WILL KEEP SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING IN THE SOUTH. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR TSRA REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE SRN TIER OF PENN FOR SUNDAY. FAIRLY DEEP LIFT ALONG THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH ANOMALOUSLY HIGH MOISTURE AND HEAT...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT CAPE AND MODERATE SHEAR AGAIN SUNDAY. CLOUDS AND THE COOLER AIR ON AVERAGE /ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTH/ WILL CHOP A GOOD 10 TO 15F OFF SUNDAY HIGHS VS SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... A WELCOME RETURN TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY IS IN STORE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE RETROGRADES TO THE SW UNITED STATES AND A TROF DIGS INTO THE NORTHEAST. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ENTRENCHED ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW CENTRAL PA TO BE THOROUGHLY ENTRENCHED IN THE DRY AIR...AND ACCORDINGLY HAVE ONLY LEFT CHANCE POPS ALONG THE MASON DIXON. 12Z GEFS HAS THE STALLED LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER US THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WITH FINALLY LIFTING BY THURSDAY AND THE STRONG JET PUTS CENTRAL PA IN THE JET EXIT REGION. HOWEVER...LACK OF MOISTURE AND SUBSTANTIAL HEATING SHOULD LIMIT ANY CONVECTION. AS SUCH HAVE LEFT ONLY CHANCE POPS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WARMER AIR SHOULD ADVECT IN NEXT WEEKEND AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION...HOWEVER MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH INTO PA WILL SUPPORT A SIGNIFICANT...NEARLY EAST/WEST LINE OF STRONG TO SVR TSRA WITH A 15-30 MINUTE PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS /BRIEFLY LIFR/. THE POOREST FLYING CONDS WILL BE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM KIPT TO KMDT AND KLNS THROUGH 01Z SUNDAY. AFTERWARD...VFR WILL TRANSITION INTO MAINLY MVFR VSBYS WITH AREAS OF MVFR CIGS IN SCT SHOWERS AND TSRA. OUTLOOK... SUN...ISOLD THUNDERSTORM IMPACTS...MAINLY SOUTH. MON-THU...NO SIG WX EXPECTED. && .CLIMATE... REC MAXES FOR TODAY JUST 7TH ARE 101F SET IN THE HOT SUMMER OF 1988 AT BOTH MDT AND IPT. THICKNESSES OF 582DAM...8H TEMPS IN THE M20S...700H TEMPS OVER 12C...SUNSHINE AND A LIGHT WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND WILL PUT THOSE RECORDS IN JEOPARDY. OTHER RECORDS OF NOTE FOR 7 JULY... 99F ALTOONA 98F STATE COLLEGE 93F BRADFORD 100F YORK 3SSW && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PAZ019-025>028- 034-035-045-046-049>053-058. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR PAZ036- 056-057-059-063>066. && SYNOPSIS...LAMBERT NEAR TERM...LAMBERT SHORT TERM...LAMBERT LONG TERM...CERU/EVANEGO AVIATION...LAMBERT CLIMATE...LAMBERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:17 PM EDT, 18 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 PAZ010>012-017-018-024-082230- ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004>006-082230- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 478 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ033-082230- SOMERSET- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ037-041-042-082230- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 477 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ019-025>028-045-082230- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOUTHERN CLINTON- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ049>053-058-082230- UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ046-082230- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 477 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ034-035-082230- BEDFORD-FULTON- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-082230- FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 617 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Jul 8, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 39 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.