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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 26, 2012Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 5:10 AM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 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 26, 2012, 5:10 AM EDT (09:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 26, 4:44 AM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 4:44 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:28 AM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
228 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-037-041-042-045-046-053-058-
270630-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL-
228 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING.

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES MAY IMPACT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
AN ISOLATED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PAZ026>028-034>036-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-270630-
HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER-
MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-
LANCASTER-
228 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES BY THIS EVENING.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
404 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

PAZ004-005-260830-
MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
404 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MCKEAN AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN
COUNTIES...

AT 359 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FREWSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MARSHBURG AND BRADFORD.

LAT...LON 4201 7845 4198 7830 4168 7852 4195 7931
      4200 7923

FORECASTER: KF

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:26 AM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:03 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:10 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 26, 4:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	26 min
Jul 26, 4:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean, Warren	49 min
Jul 26, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	72 min
Jul 26, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean, Potter, Warren	31 min
Jul 26, 5:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Clearfield	32 min
Jul 26, 5:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Elk, Potter, Tioga	29 min
Jul 26, 6:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Union	46 min
Jul 26, 6:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	42 min
Jul 26, 7:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union	61 min
Jul 26, 7:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland, Juniata, Perry	60 min
Jul 26, 8:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon	64 min
Jul 26, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	64 min
Jul 26, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	55 min
Jul 26, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren	72 min
Jul 26, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	35 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean and 3 more	69 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter	39 min
Jul 26, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Potter, Tioga	53 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga	91 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming and 6 more	74 min
Jul 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin	66 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland	34 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton and 5 more	57 min
Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder and 1 more	67 min
Jul 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	32 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan	84 min
Jul 26, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster and 8 more	81 min
Jul 26, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more	60 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill	74 min
Jul 26, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, York	56 min
Jul 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more	64 min
Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill and 1 more	57 min
Jul 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	49 min
Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 26, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	54 min
Jul 26, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset	70 min
Jul 26, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	52 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	59 min
Jul 26, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and 3 more	53 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.