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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 16, 2012Cambria County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 4:22 AM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2012, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cambria County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1152 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-058-161030-
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-
1152 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-161030-
FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1152 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES DURING THE
AFTERNOON FROM MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MARTIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
213 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

PAZ004-160630-
WARREN PA-
213 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY...

AT 210 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PLEASANTVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT INTENSE
LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4174 7960 4162 7942 4162 7947 4162 7961
      4163 7962 4170 7962

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:03 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:22 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York	70 min
Jul 15, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	34 min
Jul 15, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	54 min
Jul 15, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	23 min
Jul 15, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	26 min
Jul 15, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	57 min
Jul 15, 9:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lancaster, York	3 hr
Jul 16, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	17 min
Jul 16, 2:14 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 2 more	63 hr
Jul 16, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.