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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

September 6, 2012Lycoming County, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2012, 8:48 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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: Sep 6, 2012, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2012, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Lycoming County, PA, Sullivan County, PA

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The text

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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 Sep 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 12:47 PM EDT, 8 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1247 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

PAZ004>006-037-071700-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-
1247 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-
063>066-071700-
ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-
DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1247 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

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, Sep 6, 7:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:49 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:56 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:58 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:25 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
825 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

PAZ037-070130-
TIOGA PA-
825 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TIOGA COUNTY...

AT 821 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR LEONARD HARRISON STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LEONARD HARRISON STATE PARK...WELLSBORO...
COVINGTON AND OGDENSBURG.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 15...
STATE ROAD 14.

LAT...LON 4160 7687 4159 7688 4158 7692 4164 7757
      4182 7756 4184 7690

FORECASTER: MARTIN

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
848 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

PAZ041-042-046-053-070145-
COLUMBIA PA-NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-
848 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA...
NORTHEASTERN LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR RALSTON...MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT BARBOURS...SHUNK...KETTLE CREEK GORGE...EAGLES
MERE AND LAPORTE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 220...
STATE ROAD 14...STATE ROAD 118.

LAT...LON 4156 7639 4121 7637 4134 7706 4155 7708
      4155 7697 4157 7693 4158 7661

FORECASTER: MARTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	65 min
Sep 6, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan	66 min
Sep 6, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bradford	26 min
Sep 6, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	30 min
Sep 6, 10:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	38 min
Sep 6, 10:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Tioga	6 hr
Sep 6, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	66 min
Sep 6, 11:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Columbia	93 min
Sep 6, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	36 min
Sep 7, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	40 min
Sep 7, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder	66 min
Sep 7, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour	25 min
Sep 7, 12:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Columbia	75 min
Sep 7, 1:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	52 min
Sep 7, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	54 min
Sep 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	57 min
Sep 7, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	37 min
Sep 7, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean, Warren	56 min
Sep 7, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Warren	65 min
Sep 7, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	42 min
Sep 7, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	63 min
Sep 7, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.