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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT for McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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 15, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County McKean County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 15, 11:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 11:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:46 AM EDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 446 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-058-160900- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 446 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-160900- FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 446 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:08 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1208 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
PAZ004-005-151645-
MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
1208 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND
WESTERN MCKEAN COUNTIES...
AT 1204 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF LIMESTONE TO CHAPMAN STATE PARK TO HYDETOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. RAIN WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT TIDIOUTE...MARSHBURG AND LUDLOW.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 62...
ROUTE 219...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 446.
LAT...LON 4200 7824 4171 7873 4162 7900 4163 7962
4170 7962 4182 7931 4201 7898
FORECASTER: LA CORTESpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 12:58 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1258 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
PAZ025-026-033>036-151800-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA-SOMERSET PA-
1258 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEDFORD...CENTRAL
SOMERSET...FULTON...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTH CENTRAL BLAIR AND
SOUTHERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...
AT 1255 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SHY
BEAVER TO CESSNA TO SOMERSET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT
CASSVILLE...SALTILLO...ORBISONIA...SHADE GAP...HARRISSONVILLE AND
MCCONNELLSBURG.
SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS HAVE REDUCED VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE IN
HEAVY RAIN.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 200...I-70 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 147 AND 165...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 30...ROUTE
219...ROUTE 220...ROUTE 522.
LAT...LON 3995 7930 4013 7865 4038 7821 4014 7759
4009 7754 3986 7793 3972 7845 3972 7866
FORECASTER: RHGSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 1:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
100 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
PAZ004>006-010-151800-
ELK PA-MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-WARREN PA-
100 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MCKEAN...NORTHWESTERN
ELK...NORTHWESTERN POTTER AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 1255 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
WESTON MILLS TO LEWIS RUN TO PLEASANTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT
SHEFFIELD...CYCLONE...MOUNT JEWETT...KINZUA BRIDGE STATE PARK...JAMES
CITY AND ROULETTE.
THOSE BENEATH THESE STORMS COULD SEE A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 219...
STATE ROAD 46...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 66...STATE ROAD 120...
STATE ROAD 255...STATE ROAD 446...STATE ROAD 449.
LAT...LON 4182 7791 4162 7832 4162 7842 4156 7842
4132 7888 4137 7897 4135 7902 4136 7910
4142 7910 4146 7906 4145 7897 4162 7897
4162 7940 4186 7877 4201 7854 4200 7763
FORECASTER: RHGThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Fulton, Somerset | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin, Fulton | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 69 min |
| Jul 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Union | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.