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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 9:56 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2012, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Dauphin County, PA
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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 Aug 14, 9:20 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:20 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 PAZ006-011-012-017>019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-151045- POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-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-YORK-LANCASTER- 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004-005-010-024-033-151045- WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 633 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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, Aug 14, 9:02 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 902 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 PAZ035-036-063-064-150200- ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA- 902 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FRANKLIN...EAST CENTRAL FULTON...WEST CENTRAL ADAMS AND WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 858 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MERCERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT ST. THOMAS...CHAMBERSBURG...SCOTLAND... ORRSTOWN AND SHIPPENSBURG. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 213...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 36. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 522. LAT...LON 4024 7741 3993 7726 3975 7788 3998 7803 FORECASTER: MARTIN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:25 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 14, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Snyder | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, York | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 63 min |
| Aug 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 33 min |
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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.