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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 28, 2012Cambria County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 4:29 AM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2012, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Cambria County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 28, 3:35 AM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:35 AM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:39 PM EDT, 11 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

PAZ004>006-011-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063-064-282045-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...THAT WILL BE DRIFTING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ065-066-282045-
YORK-LANCASTER-
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE IN THE
FORM OF LOCALIZED DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...AND HAIL
UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ010-017-024-033-282045-
ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
439 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY...

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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL BE DRIFTING
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE AND COULD ALLOW FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH
MAY LEAD TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:29 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	51 min
Jul 28, 6:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	35 min
Jul 28, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	55 min
Jul 28, 12:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean and 2 more	8 hr
Jul 28, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	63 min
Jul 28, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	56 min
Jul 28, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	53 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	42 min
Jul 28, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	48 min
Jul 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	29 min
Jul 28, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	29 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	40 min
Jul 28, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	65 min
Jul 28, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour, Union	55 min
Jul 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland, Juniata, Perry	33 min
Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland	56 min
Jul 28, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, York	55 min
Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	30 min
Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	67 min
Jul 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	53 min
Jul 28, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	29 min
Jul 28, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Northumberland	119 min
Jul 28, 6:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lycoming	102 min
Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon, York	59 min
Jul 28, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	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.