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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 5:27 AM EDT for Potter County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Potter County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 Aug 8, 4:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 4:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 343 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-090745- 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- 343 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...FOCUSING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEVOIR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 11:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1139 PM EDT WED AUG 07 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNE HANOVER 39.84N 76.97W
08/07/2013 YORK PA SOCIAL MEDIA
ROAD FLOODING NE OF HANOVER
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EVENT NUMBER CTP1300352
TYBURSKISpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 5:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 527 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 PAZ005-006-081030- MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA- 527 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCKEAN AND NORTHERN POTTER COUNTIES... AT 523 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ELDRED...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT SHINGLEHOUSE...OSWAYO AND GENESEE. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...STATE ROAD 446...STATE ROAD 449. LAT...LON 4185 7761 4190 7848 4200 7851 4201 7761 FORECASTER: MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Perry | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Northumberland, Snyder | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 10:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 10:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lebanon | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 41 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2013Every 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.