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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 26, 20124 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 6:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2012, 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Clinton County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Union County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 26, 5:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 5:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:43 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:46 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean26 min
Jul 26, 4:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean, Warren49 min
Jul 26, 5:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset72 min
Jul 26, 5:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield35 min
Jul 26, 5:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean, Potter, Warren31 min
Jul 26, 5:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre, Clearfield32 min
Jul 26, 5:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Elk, Potter, Tioga29 min
Jul 26, 6:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin42 min
Jul 26, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union61 min
Jul 26, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland, Juniata, Perry60 min
Jul 26, 8:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon64 min
Jul 26, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren64 min
Jul 26, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren55 min
Jul 26, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren72 min
Jul 26, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren35 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean and 3 more69 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean, Potter39 min
Jul 26, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter, Tioga53 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga91 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming and 6 more74 min
Jul 26, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin66 min
Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland34 min
Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton and 5 more57 min
Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder and 1 more67 min
Jul 26, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia32 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan84 min
Jul 26, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster and 8 more81 min
Jul 26, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more60 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill74 min
Jul 26, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, York56 min
Jul 26, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more64 min
Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill and 1 more57 min
Jul 26, 6:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset3 hr
Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, York49 min
Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more3 hr
Jul 26, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield54 min
Jul 26, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset70 min
Jul 26, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Lancaster, York52 min
Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon59 min
Jul 26, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and 3 more53 min

Nearby

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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.