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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

September 11, 2013Potter County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 11, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT for Potter County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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: Sep 11, 2013, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Potter County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 11, 8:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 8:15 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 12:44 PM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1244 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033-034-037-041-042-045-046-
049>053-121645-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
SOMERSET-BEDFORD-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
1244 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

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

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND PUSH
EASTWARD TOMORROW AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

PAZ028-035-036-056>059-063>066-121645-
JUNIATA-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1244 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE COLD FRONT
ADVANCES EASTWARD TOMORROW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 11, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 11, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
628 PM EDT WED SEP 11 2013

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

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE MUNCY              41.22N  76.76W
09/11/2013                   LYCOMING           PA   SOCIAL MEDIA

            TREE DOWN AND SKIRTING BLOWN IN

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1300394

COLBERT

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:44 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 11, 8:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 11, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	61 min
Sep 12, 9:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster, York	31 min
Sep 12, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	43 min
Sep 12, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	33 min
Sep 12, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter	57 min
Sep 12, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Elk	43 min
Sep 12, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	48 min
Sep 12, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	38 min
Sep 12, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union	60 min
Sep 12, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter, Tioga	48 min
Sep 12, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder	55 min
Sep 12, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Dauphin, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder and 1 more	64 min
Sep 12, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 4 more	64 min
Sep 12, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster and 8 more	47 min
Sep 12, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	56 min
Sep 12, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	67 min
Sep 12, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York	84 min
Sep 12, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Sullivan	58 min
Sep 12, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour and 4 more	52 min
Sep 12, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	77 min
Sep 12, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	31 min
Sep 12, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.