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Wind Chill Watch 2, NWS State College, PA

January 26, 201417 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this wind chill watch at Jan 26, 2014, 3:57 AM EST for 17 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2014, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 27, 2014, 2:49 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

676 
WWUS41 KCTP 260857
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
357 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-262200-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140126T1500Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...
ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...
PHILIPSBURG...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...
LAPORTE
357 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN MONDAY
  NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ019-025-026-034-035-262200-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-BEDFORD-FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...
MOUNT UNION...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG
357 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. 

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 3 BELOW AND 8
  BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS 
AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO.

&&

$$

LAMBERT/MARTIN
4 follow-up statements
479 
WWUS41 KCTP 261434
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
934 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-270045-
/O.CAN.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140126T1500Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING AND
SULLIVAN. 

934 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES HAVE RECOVERED SLIGHTLY AND THE WIND HAS
  DIMINISHED ENOUGH THAT THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
  CANCELED. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY
  NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW
  ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ019-025-026-034-035-270045-
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-BEDFORD-FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...
MOUNT UNION...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG
934 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF 
  PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 0 AND 10 BELOW
  ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS
AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO.

&&

$$
962 
WWUS41 KCTP 270035
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
735 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>026-033>035-037-041-042-271045-
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT...
ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...
PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...
MOUNT UNION...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...MANSFIELD...
WELLSBORO...LAPORTE
735 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$
841 
WWUS41 KCTP 270604
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
104 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-033-271700-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0006.140127T0700Z-140127T1700Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...
RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
104 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON EST TODAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN DANGEROUSLY
  LOW WIND CHILLS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY
  EARLY THIS MORNING AND A FEW BRIEF HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS ARE
  POSSIBLE DURING THE PRIMARY COMMUTE HOURS TO WORK AND SCHOOL.
  WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 BELOW ZERO THIS
  EVENING...AND STAY AT THESE DANGEROUSLY COLD LEVELS THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING
  TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND TIMES
  OF POOR VISIBILITY. LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WILL
  CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST.

REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS
STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE AND USE
THE HASHTAG C...T...P...W...X.

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND
AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE.

&&

$$

PAZ006-012-018-019-025-026-034-035-037-041-042-271700-
/O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-
HUNTINGDON-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...
STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...BEDFORD...
MCCONNELLSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE
104 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUSLY
LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

LAMBERT/STEINBUGL
304 
WWUS41 KCTP 270749
WSWCTP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-033-280300-
/O.UPG.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.W.0003.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0007.140127T2200Z-140128T0400Z/
/O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...
RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN 
  DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY
  EARLY THIS MORNING...AND A FEW BRIEF HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS ARE
  POSSIBLE DURING THE PRIMARY COMMUTE HOURS TO WORK AND SCHOOL.
  WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY THIS
  EVENING...THEN BOTTOM OUT AT 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING 
  TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND TIMES 
  OF POOR VISIBILITY. LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY WILL 
  CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO 
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO
TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV...
POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET
@NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ006-012-018-280300-
/O.UPG.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.W.0003.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0007.140127T2200Z-140128T0400Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED.
THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY THIS
  EVENING...THEN BOTTOM OUT AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT
  THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...7 BELOW TO 12 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN MULTIPLE LAYERS AND WEAR A
HEAVY COAT...HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE
POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ019-025-026-034-035-037-041-042-280300-
/O.UPG.KCTP.WC.A.0002.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0007.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...
MOUNT UNION...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...
LAPORTE
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF
  PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...15 TO 23 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 8 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ028-036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-280300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0007.140128T0900Z-140128T1500Z/
JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-
MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-
CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIFFLINTOWN...CHAMBERSBURG...
LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...
SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...
HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...
GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST
TUESDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND WESTERN POCONOS.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* WINDS...WEST AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...1 BELOW TO 7 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

PAZ027-280300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0007.140128T0400Z-140128T1700Z/
MIFFLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEWISTOWN
249 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EST TUESDAY. 

* LOCATIONS...THE SOUTH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILLS...AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE TO
  UNPROTECTED SKIN IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...3 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

&&

$$

LAMBERT/STEINBUGL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill watch 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 wind chill watch went out at Jan 26, 1:35 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 1:35 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
135 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
AN ANOMALOUS...DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER
THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH VERY COLD/BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO IMPACT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS MONTH.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING/...
A WELL ALIGNED SFC-700 MB WNW FLOW WILL STAY INTACT THROUGH THE REST
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WILL BEGIN TO BACK GRADUALLY DURING THE
MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. VERTICAL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL THEN
INCREASE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE SFC-925
MB FLOW BECOMES SWRLY.

AS THIS OCCURS...WE'LL SEE LAPSE RATES IN THE LOW TO MID LEVELS
STEADILY DECREASE WITH A DEEP LAYER OF NEARLY ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING ABOVE THE SEVERAL DEG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION...BASED AROUND
3 KFT AGL.

NARROW/MULTI-BANDED SNOW SHOWERS /ACROSS THE NRN AND WESTERN MTNS
/AND ALIGNED WITH THIS MEAN LOW-MID LEVEL WNWRLY FLOW/ EARLY TODAY
WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH AND WEAKEN DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. AN
ADDITIONAL COATING TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. LITTLE MORE THAN AN
ADDITIONAL DUSTING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE I-99 AND I-80 CORRIDORS IN
CENT/SCENT PENN.

WEAK-MDT SFC-850 MB CAA WILL CONTINUE AND CAUSE SFC TEMPS TO FALL
ANOTHER 7-9 DEG F TO THEIR DAYBREAK LOWS AROUND 10F ACROSS THE LOWER
SUSQ REGION...AND ZERO TO 5 BELOW ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND NW
MTNS.

SCT-BKN STRATO CU WILL PREVAIL EARLY TODAY WITH JUST SOME PASSING
FLURRIES OUTSIDE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SCTD/NARROW SNOW SHOWER BANDS
ACROSS THE NRN AND WRN MTNS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
EXPECT ONLY THE BRIEFEST OF RESPITES IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION THIS
MORNING AS THE FIRST CLIPPER DEPARTS...AND THE NEXT IN THE WAVE
TRAIN APPROACHES. AFTER SOME EARLY SUNSHINE...WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BRING LOWERING/THICKENING MID-LEVEL
CLOUDS AND LIGHT SNOW MOVING INTO AT LEAST MY WESTERN ZONES BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON. LIGHT ACCUMS SUNDAY AFTN OF ARND AN INCH SHOULD
BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE N MTNS AND LAURELS...WHERE OROGRAPHIC
FORCING WILL PLAY A ROLE. PROBABLY NO MORE THAN FLURRIES ACROSS THE
LOWER SUSQ VALLEY.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THIS ABOVE NOTED CLIPPER WILL BRING ANOTHER WILD TEMPERATURE
SWING...FROM SLOWLY RISING TEMPS LATE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
/WHICH MAY BRING THE WARMEST READINGS OF THE ENTIRE WEEK TO MANY
LOCALES AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY/...FOLLOWED BY A PLUNGE IN THE MERCURY
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY BEHIND THE TRAILING COLD
FROND AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AGAIN GRIPS THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK.

PERIODS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL COINCIDE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND SFC CFRONT. 03Z SREF SHOWS
QUITE GOOD CLUSTERING OF PLUMES BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.25 LEQ ACROSS THE
NW HALF OF THE CWA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS
MONDAY...WHILE LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST HAVE SREF MEAN
LIQUID EQUIVALENT QPF OF LESS THAN 0.10. ACCUMS OF A COATING TO 2
INCHES ARE LIKELY...ACROSS CENTRAL PENN. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
ANOTHER/SIMILAR ROUND OF ADVISORY CRITERIA 2-4 INCH SNOW OVER THE NW
MTNS AND LAURELS...PRECEDING ANY OROGRAPHIC/LES SNOW
SHOWERS/LOCALIZED SQUALLS THAT OCCURS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

MEDIUM RANGE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLES INDICATE THAT WE
COULD SEE VERY SIMILAR TEMPS TO WHAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE EARLY
JANUARY...RECORD COLD OUTBREAK. MODEL GUIDANCE ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY
BRINGS LOW TEMPS BELOW ZERO TO ENTIRE CWA TUE AND WED MORNING...WITH
-10F OR COLDER IN THE NORTHERN MTNS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS. TUESDAY
WILL BRING THE COLDEST HIGHS OF THE WEEK...AS TEMPS MAY STRUGGLE TO
GET ABOVE ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND INCH ONLY INTO THE
MID TEENS IN THE SE.

THERE/S HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT WE/LL SEE WIDESPREAD WIND CHILL
ADVISORY CRITERIA /OF -15F/ BEING MET LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY /WITH A SEEMINGLY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR WARNING CRITERIA OF
-25F ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH AND WEST MAINLY MON NIGHT
INTO TUE WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. LIGHTER WINDS FOR WED WILL LIKELY
PRECLUDE WC WARNINGS...BUT EVEN A LIGHT BREEZE WILL BRING WIND
CHILLS BACK BELOW -15 TUE NIGHT INTO WED...WITH COLDER TEMP READINGS
POSS AS THE WINDS LIGHTEN AND SKIES POTENTIALLY CLEAR OUT WITH HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGING IN FROM THE WEST.

ANY SNOW SHOWERS AND LIGHT TO MDT ACCUMS /MONDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY/ SHOULD BE STRICTLY CONFINED TO THE FAR NW ZONES...AND
PERHAPS THE RIDGES OF WRN SOMERSET/CAMBRIA COUNTIES.

OTHER THAN THE BITTER COLD /TEMPS ABOUT 20F BELOW NORMAL/ THE
MID-LATE WEEK WEATHER WILL BE OVERALL QUIET AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE SETTLES IN. FLOW TURNS MORE SW HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND...WHICH WILL BRING A GRADUAL WARMING TREND BACK TOWARD
ONLY 5-10F BELOW NORMAL. THIS TREND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO
NEXT WEEK AS MODEL AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE VERY
AMPLIFIED ERN TROUGH PATTERN BEGINS TO RELAX AS THE STRONG WEST
COAST RIDGE FINALLY BREAKS DOWN...WHICH SHOULD BRING RELIEF FROM
THE BITTER COLD AS WE ENTER INTO FEBRUARY.

&&

.AVIATION /07Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SNOW SQUALLS HAVE CLEARED THE AREA.

06Z TAFS UPDATED.

WINDY AND COLDER TEMPS TO PREVAIL OVERNIGHT.

BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS EXTENDING EAST TO NEAR JST NOW.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS INTO
SUNDAY MORNING...AS COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF PA.

WARM ADVECTION SNOW FOR LATE SUNDAY...BEFORE NEXT COLD
FRONT MOVES IN AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING.

AS WINDS SHIFT MORE TO THE NW LATE MONDAY INTO TUE...SNOW
SHOWERS WILL WORK EASTWARD TO NEAR UNV AND AOO.

IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR WED.

OUTLOOK...

MON...MVFR WITH -SHSN WEST...MAINLY VFR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
AREAS.

TUE...MVFR -SHSN NW. MAINLY VFR ELSEWHERE.

WED-THU...MAINLY VFR.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LAMBERT/LA CORTE
NEAR TERM...LAMBERT
SHORT TERM...LAMBERT/FITZGERALD
LONG TERM...LAMBERT/GARTNER
AVIATION...MARTIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 8:15 PM EST, 7 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
815 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041-042-270115-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
815 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

   WIND CHILL ADVISORY.

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FOR THE
MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ019-025>028-034>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-270115-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-
FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
815 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE MORNING HOURS
OF TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 25, 10:40 PM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1040 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

PAZ036-057>059-063>066-260430-
ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-FRANKLIN PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON
PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-YORK PA-
1040 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

...A DANGEROUS BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT ADAMS...EASTERN
CUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...LEBANON...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLKILL...SOUTHERN DAUPHIN AND YORK COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM EST...A BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
TAMAQUA...SOUTHWARD ACROSS HARRISBURG...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CHAMBERSBURG. THE LINE OF SQUALLS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SNOW SQUALLS.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

THE SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT LEBANON...PORT CLINTON...NEW
OXFORD...SNYDERS...ROTHSVILLE...YORK...LANCASTER...AND GLEN ROCK.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 295...I-78 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 99...I-83
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 50...I-283.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THESE SNOW
SQUALLS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SQUALLS MOVE EAST OF
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 4019 7713 4081 7587 4074 7576 4064 7598
      4057 7601 4049 7643 4014 7587 4011 7593
      3987 7598 3972 7610 3972 7788

FORECASTER: MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 10:42 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1042 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

PAZ036-057>059-063>066-260430-
ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-FRANKLIN PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON
PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-YORK PA-
1042 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014

...A DANGEROUS BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT ADAMS...EASTERN
CUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...LEBANON...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...
SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLKILL...SOUTHERN DAUPHIN AND YORK COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM EST...A BAND OF SNOW SQUALLS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
TAMAQUA...SOUTHWARD ACROSS HARRISBURG...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CHAMBERSBURG. THE LINE OF SQUALLS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SNOW SQUALLS.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

THE SNOW SQUALLS WILL AFFECT LEBANON...PORT CLINTON...NEW
OXFORD...SNYDERS...ROTHSVILLE...YORK...LANCASTER...AND GLEN ROCK.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 295...I-78 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 99...I-83
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 50...I-283.

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THESE SNOW
SQUALLS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SQUALLS MOVE EAST OF
THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 4019 7713 4081 7587 4074 7576 4064 7598
      4057 7601 4049 7643 4014 7587 4011 7593
      3987 7598 3972 7610 3972 7788

FORECASTER: MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 7:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more53 min
Jan 25, 8:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Columbia and 13 more55 min
Jan 25, 8:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, York80 min
Jan 25, 9:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata and 7 more59 min
Jan 25, 10:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York50 min
Jan 25, 10:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Lancaster, Lebanon, York48 min
Jan 26, 2:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Somerset and 1 more52 min

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Sources

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