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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 92 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 2, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
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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 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:58 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 341 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 PAZ006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-031945- 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- 341 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004-005-031945- WARREN-MCKEAN- 341 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR HEAVY RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
428 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
PAZ004-005-010-022200-
WARREN PA-MCKEAN PA-ELK PA-
428 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...
AT 425 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY
SLOWLY...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM ALL OF THESE STORMS. ALSO
POSSIBLE. 40 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IN A FEW OF THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
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LAT...LON 4200 7821 4162 7820 4159 7895 4162 7896
4162 7961 4200 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 239DEG 49KT 4183 7886
DANGELOThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CTP | McKean, Warren | 11 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | McKean, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.