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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

September 7, 2012Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2012, 1:23 AM EDT for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2012, 1:23 AM EDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Schuylkill 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 Sep 6, 9:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 12:47 PM EDT, 12 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 6, 10:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1129 PM EDT THU SEP 06 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     HAIL             LOCK HAVEN              41.14N  77.45W
09/06/2012  M0.75 INCH       CLINTON            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN LOCK HAVEN.

0430 PM     HAIL             STATE COLLEGE           40.79N  77.86W
09/06/2012  M0.70 INCH       CENTRE             PA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME-SIZED HAIL IN AND AROUND STATE
            COLLEGE.

0430 PM     HAIL             STATE COLLEGE           40.79N  77.86W
09/06/2012  M1.00 INCH       CENTRE             PA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON NORTH ATHERTON STREET IN
            STATE COLLEGE.

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 S MORRIS              41.59N  77.27W
09/06/2012                   TIOGA              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            ROCKSLIDE ON RT 287

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SW MORRIS             41.60N  77.34W
09/06/2012                   TIOGA              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            RT 414 CLOSED FLOODED

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S MORRIS              41.58N  77.27W
09/06/2012                   TIOGA              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            ROADS FLOODED

0655 PM     HAIL             PENNS CREEK             40.86N  77.07W
09/06/2012  M0.88 INCH       SNYDER             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN PENNS CREEK.

1010 PM     HAIL             UNITYVILLE              41.23N  76.52W
09/06/2012  M0.70 INCH       LYCOMING           PA   PUBLIC

            DIME-SIZED HAIL REPORTED TO BE COVERING THE GROUND NEAR
            UNITYVILLE.

1047 PM     HAIL             ASBURY                  41.13N  76.34W
09/06/2012  M0.75 INCH       COLUMBIA           PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN ASBURY.

1127 PM     HAIL             BERWICK                 41.06N  76.25W
09/06/2012  M0.88 INCH       COLUMBIA           PA   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1200416 CTP1200417 CTP1200418 CTP1200420 CTP1200421
CTP1200422 CTP1200419 CTP1200423 CTP1200424 CTP1200425

KF

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 11:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1154 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

PAZ049-050-070430-
SNYDER PA-UNION PA-
1154 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SNYDER AND SOUTHERN
UNION COUNTIES...

AT 1147 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TROXELVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM
THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT PENNS
CREEK...MIDDLEBURG...NEW BERLIN AND SELINSGROVE.

LAT...LON 4080 7685 4072 7686 4069 7688 4080 7726
      4095 7718 4091 7684 4088 7680 4087 7680

FORECASTER: KF

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:50 AM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:23 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
Sep 6, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	65 min
Sep 6, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	57 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, 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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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.