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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

August 3, 2014Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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 3, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Aug 3, 6:02 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:02 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:33 AM EDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1033 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-045-046-049>052-056-
063-041445-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-
JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-CUMBERLAND-
1033 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ042-053-057>059-064>066-041445-
SULLIVAN-COLUMBIA-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1033 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEVOIR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
513 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2014

PAZ025-026-034-032200-
BEDFORD PA-HUNTINGDON PA-BLAIR PA-
513 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2014

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

AT 512 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARTINSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

30 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENTRIKEN AROUND 540 PM EDT.
  SHY BEAVER AROUND 550 PM EDT.
  DUDLEY AND TROUGH CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 600 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE CASSVILLE...
WOODBURY...SALTILLO...SAXTON...ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY AIRPORT...BROAD
TOP CITY AND COALMONT.

LAT...LON 4015 7811 4017 7813 4016 7815 4023 7846
      4039 7835 4033 7793 4013 7804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 288DEG 9KT 4031 7832

CERU

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:53 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:11 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
Aug 2, 8:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Elk, McKean	3 hr
Aug 2, 9:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean	113 min
Aug 3, 9:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	56 min
Aug 3, 9:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon, Mifflin	53 min
Aug 3, 10:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming	3 hr
Aug 3, 10:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 19 more	9 hr
Aug 3, 10:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Elk, McKean	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Centre	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Elk, McKean	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry	3 hr
Aug 3, 1:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	28 min
Aug 3, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	23 min
Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	23 min
Aug 3, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	59 min
Aug 3, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	27 min
Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	55 min
Aug 3, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	47 min
Aug 3, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	65 min
Aug 3, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	31 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	60 min
Aug 3, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	22 min
Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	3 hr
Aug 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.