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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

October 7, 20135 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2013, 9:48 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 72 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: Oct 7, 2013, 9:48 AM EDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 72 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Perry County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Oct 7, 9:35 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 9:35 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 9:08 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
908 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-025-033>035-081315-
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-
FULTON-
908 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH AT
TIMES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

PAZ006-012-018-019-026>028-036-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-
063>066-081315-
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-HUNTINGDON-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
908 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...TORNADO WATCH 543 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LAMBERT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 8:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
813 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

PAZ006-011-012-018-019-037-041-045-071300-
CAMERON PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-POTTER PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
TIOGA PA-
813 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRE...CLINTON...EAST
CENTRAL CAMERON...NORTHWESTERN LYCOMING...POTTER AND WESTERN TIOGA
COUNTIES...

AT 810 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7
MILES NORTH OF OSWAYO TO KETTLE CREEK STATE PARK TO BLACK MOSHANNON
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS
WILL AFFECT UNIONVILLE...MILESBURG...ZION...GLEN UNION AND MILL HALL.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE... SKI DENTON SKI AREA AND
LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 181...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67
AND 85.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
220...ALTERNATE ROUTE 220...STATE ROAD 26...STATE ROAD 120...STATE
ROAD 449.

LAT...LON 4149 7732 4095 7739 4081 7812 4098 7809
      4101 7806 4112 7808 4115 7804 4119 7807
      4135 7805 4201 7815 4201 7739

FORECASTER: STEINBUGL

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 8:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
817 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

PAZ018-019-025>028-034>036-056-071315-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-
MIFFLIN PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-PERRY PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
817 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT
EASTERN BEDFORD...EASTERN BLAIR...FRANKLIN...FULTON...HUNTINGDON...
MIFFLIN...SOUTHERN CENTRE...SOUTHWESTERN JUNIATA AND SOUTHWESTERN
PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 814 AM EDT...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE LOCATED FROM
SANDY RIDGE TO ROYER TO BELLEGROVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS
WILL AFFECT PORT MATILDA...ROCK SPRINGS...UNIONVILLE...BELLEFONTE...
PLEASANT GAP AND WILLOW HILL.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE... DELGROSSO'S AMUSEMENT
PARK...PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY MUSEUM...TUSSEY MOUNTAIN SKI AREA...
WHITETAIL SKI AREA...PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND JUNIATA
COLLEGE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 201...I-70 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 147 AND 170...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 15...I-99
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 85.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE
22...ROUTE 22/522...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 220...ALTERNATE ROUTE 220...
ROUTE 322...ROUTE 322/22...ROUTE 522...STATE ROAD 26...STATE ROAD
45...STATE ROAD 350...STATE ROAD 453.

LAT...LON 3972 7845 4037 7834 4085 7828 4097 7748
      4049 7753 4020 7759 4019 7761 4020 7761
      4019 7762 4015 7760 3974 7767 3971 7787

FORECASTER: STEINBUGL

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 8:58 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
858 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

PAZ006-012-019-037-041-045-046-071345-
NORTHERN CLINTON PA-NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-POTTER PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-TIOGA PA-
858 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT EASTERN
CLINTON...EASTERN POTTER...NORTH CENTRAL CENTRE...TIOGA AND WESTERN
LYCOMING COUNTIES...

AT 857 AM EDT...HEAVY SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE LOCATED
FROM WILLEYVILLE TO GALETON TO BEECH CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS
WILL AFFECT SLATE RUN...WATERVILLE...LITTLE PINE STATE PARK...
SALLADASBURG AND TIOGA.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE... SKI SAWMILL SKI AREA...
LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY AND MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY.

THIS WILL IMPACT I-180 NEAR MILE MARKER 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
15...ROUTE 220...STATE ROAD 14...STATE ROAD 120.

LAT...LON 4124 7701 4101 7769 4105 7770 4109 7763
      4111 7770 4200 7776 4200 7704

FORECASTER: STEINBUGL

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 9:21 AM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

PAZ036-063>065-071430-
ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-FRANKLIN PA-YORK PA-
921 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT
ADAMS...NORTHWESTERN YORK...SOUTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...

AT 917 AM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG WIND GUSTS PRECEDING A LINE OF
SHOWERS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND
ADAMS COUNTY FROM NORTHERN MARYLAND. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY
GUST TO 45 MPH AHEAD OF THE RAIN...AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS MOVES
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE WIND GUSTS AND SHOWERS WILL AFFECT FAIRFIELD...ARENDTSVILLE...
PINE GROVE FURNACE AND DOVER.

OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IMPACTED WILL BE... GETTYSBURG NATIONAL
MILITARY PARK...LIBERTY MOUNTAIN RESORT AND GETTYSBURG COLLEGE.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 30...
STATE ROAD 94...STATE ROAD 97.

LAT...LON 4013 7728 4001 7679 3971 7699 3972 7760

FORECASTER: DEVOIR

Special weather statement, Oct 7, 9:44 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 9:48 AM 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
Oct 7, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Clearfield	59 min
Oct 7, 7:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Blair	63 min
Oct 7, 8:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Potter	47 min
Oct 7, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	58 min
Oct 7, 8:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	65 min
Oct 7, 8:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	40 min
Oct 7, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	48 min
Oct 7, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Tioga	47 min
Oct 7, 9:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	69 min
Oct 7, 9:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	63 min
Oct 7, 9:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Lycoming, Snyder, Union	46 min
Oct 7, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Union	47 min
Oct 7, 10:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	66 min
Oct 7, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York	30 min
Oct 7, 11:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	34 min
Oct 7, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill	48 min
Oct 7, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	29 min
Oct 7, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	31 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.