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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

April 24, 20134 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Blair County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 24, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
209 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-251815-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
209 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG TO LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:26 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
326 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

PAZ017-024-025-033-034-242015-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CLEARFIELD PA-SOMERSET PA-
326 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMBRIA...NORTHERN
SOMERSET...NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD...SOUTHERN CLEARFIELD AND WESTERN
BLAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
BURNSIDE TO VINTONDALE TO LAUREL MOUNTAIN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OHIOPYLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A 15 TO 20
MINUTE PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE DELGROSSO'S AMUSEMENT
PARK...FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMORIAL...ALLEGHENY PORTAGE RAILROAD
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE...JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL HISTORIC
SITE...BLUE KNOB SKI RESORT...SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY...MT. ALOYSIUS
COLLEGE...UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - JOHNSTOWN AND PENN STATE
ALTOONA.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 114...I-80 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 124 AND 132...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 44.

LAT...LON 3985 7942 4007 7928 4013 7918 4030 7905
      4041 7883 4085 7876 4109 7817 4092 7818
      4083 7831 4073 7837 4074 7819 4047 7841
      4015 7855

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
354 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

PAZ026-033>035-242045-
BEDFORD PA-FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA-SOMERSET PA-
354 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEDFORD...FULTON...
SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...

AT 352 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
OGLETOWN TO FROSTBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS
WILL AFFECT SCHELLSBURG...RAINSBURG...WOODBURY...WELLS TANNERY AND
SALUVIA.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 176...I-70 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 147 AND 170...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 30...ROUTE
219...ROUTE 220...ROUTE 522.

LAT...LON 3972 7903 4000 7905 4026 7832 4025 7829
      4028 7827 4035 7796 3977 7805 3972 7810

FORECASTER: EVANEGO

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
403 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

PAZ012-017>019-024>027-033-034-045-242100-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CLEARFIELD PA-HUNTINGDON PA-MIFFLIN
PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN
CENTRE PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
403 PM EDT WED APR 24 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BLAIR...CENTRE...
CLINTON...EASTERN CLEARFIELD...NORTH CENTRAL BEDFORD...NORTHEASTERN
SOMERSET...NORTHERN HUNTINGDON...SOUTHEASTERN CAMBRIA AND WESTERN
MIFFLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM EDT...

AT 357 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
LECONTES MILLS TO RAMEY TO CASSANDRA TO CENTRAL CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. A 15 TO 20 MINUTE PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL
FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SANDY
RIDGE...KEATING...RENOVO...STATE COLLEGE...ZION AND LAMAR.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE DELGROSSO'S AMUSEMENT
PARK...LAKEMONT PARK AND ISLAND WATERPARK...PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY
MUSEUM...ALLEGHENY PORTAGE RAILROAD NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE...TUSSEY
MOUNTAIN SKI AREA...BLUE KNOB SKI RESORT...PENNSYLVANIA STATE
UNIVERSITY...LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY...JUNIATA COLLEGE AND PENN STATE
ALTOONA.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 183...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10
AND 85.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 22...ROUTE
22/522...ROUTE 220...ALTERNATE ROUTE 220...ROUTE 322...ROUTE 522...
STATE ROAD 26...STATE ROAD 45...STATE ROAD 120...STATE ROAD 350...
STATE ROAD 453.

LAT...LON 4009 7879 4032 7870 4077 7830 4115 7830
      4141 7758 4138 7753 4137 7754 4133 7747
      4129 7745 4123 7737 4122 7733 4114 7725
      4087 7750 4040 7778

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	49 min
Apr 24, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	51 min
Apr 24, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Fulton, Somerset	51 min
Apr 24, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Centre, Clinton, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 6 more	53 min
Apr 24, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin, Fulton	44 min
Apr 24, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	63 min
Apr 24, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton	37 min
Apr 24, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland and 4 more	58 min
Apr 24, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.