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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 10, 2014Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 10, 2014, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.2
Supercell composite: -1.9

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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 Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:03 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:31 AM EDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
431 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-110845-
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-
431 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:14 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
419 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

PAZ027-028-102045-
MIFFLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-
419 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS AFFECTING THE AREA...

AT 419 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WHIPPLE DAM STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEWISTOWN...BURNHAM...MILROY...HIGHLAND PARK...YEAGERTOWN AND
REEDSVILLE AROUND 440 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BARRVILLE...WAGNER...
MIFFLIN...MAITLAND...MIFFLINTOWN AND PORT ROYAL.

LAT...LON 4064 7775 4068 7769 4068 7770 4070 7770
      4072 7768 4071 7735 4070 7734 4050 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 285DEG 15KT 4070 7779

DEVOIR

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
446 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

PAZ027-028-056-102115-
MIFFLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-PERRY PA-
446 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS AFFECTING THE AREA...

AT 444 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALFARATA...BELLTOWN AND WALNUT AROUND 450 PM EDT.
  MCALISTERVILLE...MCCLURE AND MEXICO AROUND 510 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE THOMPSONTOWN...EAST
SALEM...WAGNER...PORT ROYAL...MIFFLIN...MAITLAND AND MIFFLINTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4042 7723 4046 7735 4046 7736 4047 7737
      4056 7764 4074 7758 4071 7735 4070 7733
      4068 7716 4068 7713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 286DEG 21KT 4063 7752

LA CORTE

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 4:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
449 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

PAZ026>028-102130-
MIFFLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
449 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS AFFECTING THE AREA...

AT 449 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOUNT UNION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT UNION AROUND 500 PM EDT.
  BLACKLOG AROUND 520 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE NEWTON HAMILTON...
MAPLETON...SHIRLEYSBURG AND KISTLER.

LAT...LON 4031 7802 4042 7799 4043 7763 4030 7766
      4023 7775 4024 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 277DEG 20KT 4034 7793

EVANEGO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Carbon	33 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	46 min
Jul 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	37 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon	49 min
Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	30 min
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	39 min
Jul 10, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	31 min
Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	26 min
Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata	29 min
Jul 10, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	34 min
Jul 10, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Dauphin	3 hr
Jul 10, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	47 min
Jul 10, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, Lebanon	68 min
Jul 10, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	36 min
Jul 10, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	46 min

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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.