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Freeze Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

April 20, 20138 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this freeze warning at Apr 20, 2013, 5:04 PM EDT for 8 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 21, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2013, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Perry County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 19, 7:41 PM EDT, 21 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:41 PM EDT, 21 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster37 min
Apr 20, 12:43 AM EDTFreeze WatchCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 2 more16 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every freeze warning in 2013

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.