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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

September 18, 2012Juniata County, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 18, 2012, 11:32 AM EDT for Juniata County, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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: Sep 18, 2012, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Juniata County, PA, Snyder County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 Sep 17, 7:30 PM EDT, 16 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 7:30 PM EDT, 16 hours 2 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 18, 10:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	35 min
Sep 18, 10:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	32 min
Sep 18, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	36 min
Sep 18, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, York	43 min
Sep 18, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	23 min
Sep 18, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	43 min
Sep 18, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland	29 min
Sep 18, 12:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 5 more	3 hr
Sep 18, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, York	59 min
Sep 18, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill	53 min
Sep 18, 2:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill and 1 more	5 hr
Sep 18, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill and 1 more	62 min
Sep 18, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	79 min
Sep 18, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	57 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.