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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

June 25, 2013Forest County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT for Forest County, 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: Jun 25, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Forest County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 120 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 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 Jun 25, 3:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:48 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-025-033-037-262000-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-TIOGA-
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PAZ019-026>028-034>036-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-
262000-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-
SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-
LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
348 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN
ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

LAMBERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
242 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

0237 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIVERPOOL               40.57N  76.99W
06/25/2013                   PERRY              PA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            WIRES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1300148

COLBERT

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

PAZ027-028-056-251945-
JUNIATA PA-MIFFLIN PA-PERRY PA-
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JUNIATA...CENTRAL
MIFFLIN AND EASTERN PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...

AT 256 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR WALNUT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT ICKESBURG...NEW
BLOOMFIELD...SHERMANSDALE AND DUNCANNON.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE
22/522...ROUTE 322/22...ROUTE 522.

LAT...LON 4055 7761 4063 7758 4070 7748 4050 7697
      4042 7701 4040 7701 4039 7703 4038 7702
      4029 7712 4029 7715

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:14 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
314 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

0224 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N BERRYSBURG          40.62N  76.81W
06/25/2013                   DAUPHIN            PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON CARS AND WIRES TORN FROM A HOME IN MIFFLIN
            TWP.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1300149

EVANEGO

Local storm report, Jun 25, 3:17 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
317 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRATZ                   40.61N  76.72W
06/25/2013                   DAUPHIN            PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 25
            AND SPECKTOWN RD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1300150

EVANEGO

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
329 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

PAZ017-018-252030-
CLEARFIELD PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-
329 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLEARFIELD AND
WEST CENTRAL CENTRE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 327 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROCKTON...AND ANOTHER
NEAR LUMBER CITY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT GRAMPIAN...HYDE...CLEARFIELD...
LECONTES MILLS...KARTHAUS AND MOSHANNON.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE... PENN STATE DUBOIS.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 141.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 119...ROUTE
219...ROUTE 322...STATE ROAD 153...STATE ROAD 350.

LAT...LON 4117 7877 4111 7811 4109 7800 4097 7804
      4091 7807 4079 7817 4097 7881 4102 7881

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

PAZ004-005-010-252100-
ELK PA-MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
403 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN ELK...SOUTHERN
WARREN AND SOUTHWESTERN MCKEAN COUNTIES THROUGH 5 PM EDT...

AT 400 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
TIDIOUTE TO 7 MILES EAST OF TIDIOUTE TO LYNCH...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT SHEFFIELD...JAMES CITY...KINZUA DAM
AND WESTLINE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 62...
ROUTE 219...STATE ROAD 59...STATE ROAD 66...STATE ROAD 255.

LAT...LON 4177 7955 4188 7884 4175 7862 4143 7843
      4147 7897 4162 7897 4162 7942

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	64 min
Jun 25, 11:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield	54 min
Jun 25, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clearfield	60 min
Jun 25, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	27 min
Jun 25, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	80 min
Jun 25, 1:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Clearfield	55 min
Jun 25, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill	53 min
Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Perry	45 min
Jun 25, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Perry	56 min
Jun 25, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	61 min
Jun 25, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	53 min
Jun 25, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Elk	64 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk, McKean	57 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	65 min
Jun 25, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Warren	61 min
Jun 25, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield, Elk	61 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk	34 min
Jun 25, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	41 min
Jun 25, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Somerset	50 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin and 2 more	54 min
Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset	76 min

Nearby

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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.