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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
- Oct 19, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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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</html>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 Oct 19, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 2:10 AM EDT, 17 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 210 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-045-056-063-064-200615- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-PERRY- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS- 210 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ037-041-042-046-049>053-057>059-065-066-200615- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER- MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-YORK- LANCASTER- 210 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS OR HAIL IS VERY LOW BUT STILL POSSIBLE. .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. DANGELO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 19, 7:12 PM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cameron, Clearfield | 43 min |
| Oct 19, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 32 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every 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.