Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 11, 2014, 3:11 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2014, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2014, 8:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WWUS41 KCTP 111911 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 311 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 PAZ004-005-121200- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0006.140312T1000Z-140313T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WS.W.0007.140312T1200Z-140313T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD 311 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND BOTTOMING OUT NEAR ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW AND 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. && $$ PAZ006-037-121200- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0006.140312T1000Z-140313T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1200Z-140313T1200Z/ POTTER-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 311 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE TEENS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS NEAR ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX. && $$ PAZ010-011-121200- /O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1200Z-140313T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM 311 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 30S WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE 20S BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ PAZ017-024-033-121200- /O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1900Z-140313T1200Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET 311 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...MID 40S WEDNESDAY MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE MID 20S BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AND BOTTOMING OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS NEAR ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX. && $$ RXR/MS
3 follow-up statements
964 WWUS41 KCTP 120741 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 341 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 PAZ004-005-121745- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0007.140312T1200Z-140313T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD 341 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY FREEZE UP QUICKLY. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...ABOVE FREEZING EARLY TODAY BUT FALLING BELOW ZERO EARLY TODAY AND THROUGH THE 20S AND TEENS BY EVENING. LOWS WILL BE AROUND ZERO THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 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. REPORT SNOW AND 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. && $$ PAZ006-010-011-037-121745- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1200Z-140313T1200Z/ POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY... EMPORIUM...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 341 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN THIS MORNING WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ENDING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND BECOME STRONG LATER TODAY AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZERDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAY FREEZE UP QUICKLY LATER TODAY. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. 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. 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. 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. && $$ PAZ017-024-033-121745- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1900Z-140313T1200Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET 341 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME INTERMITTENT OVERNIGHT AND WILL END BY THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIPPING TO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. 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. 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. 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. && $$ PAZ012-018-041-042-121745- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...LAPORTE 341 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DIP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING AND BECOME DANGEROUSLY LOW FOR TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH EXTENDED EXPOSURE TO THE FRIGID CONDITIONS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ DANGELO
284 WWUS41 KCTP 121548 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 PAZ004-005-130700- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EVENING. A BRIEF WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE DURING THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. HEAVY SNOW WILL END BY LATE EVENING...TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...MID 30S LATE THIS MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE 20S AND TEENS THIS EVENING TO NEAR ZERO BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/WIND CHILLS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FLASH FREEZES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF PLANNING TO TRAVEL. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 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. REPORT SNOW AND 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. && $$ PAZ006-010-011-037-130700- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY... EMPORIUM...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 30S THIS MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE 20S AND TEENS LATER THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND/WIND CHILLS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FLASH FREEZES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX. && $$ PAZ017-024-033-130700- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.140312T1900Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGES. * TEMPERATURES...LOW 40S THIS MORNING...FALLING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE 20S AND TEENS TONIGHT INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND/WIND CHILLS...BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FLASH FREEZES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. 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. 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. 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. && $$ PAZ012-018-041-042-130700- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...LAPORTE 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$ MS/RG/CE
023 WWUS41 KCTP 130011 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 811 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 PAZ004-005-131015- /O.CAN.KCTP.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD 811 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...5 ABOVE TO 5 BELOW ZERO. * WINDS/WIND CHILLS...NORTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. 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. && $$ PAZ006-010-011-037-131015- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUDERSPORT...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY... EMPORIUM...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO 811 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND/WIND CHILLS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FLASH FREEZES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG #CTPWX. && $$ PAZ017-024-033-131015- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-140313T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN... SOMERSET 811 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGES. * TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 5 ABOVE ZERO. * WIND/WIND CHILLS...NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. FLASH FREEZES ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. 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. 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. 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. && $$ PAZ012-018-041-042-131015- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0013.140313T0400Z-140313T1600Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...LAPORTE 811 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT THURSDAY... * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AND FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/CTP OR STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 11, 1:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 1:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 134 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A VIGOROUSLY DEEPENING LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY COLD AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN REBOUND BUT REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... BUMPED HIGHS UP A BIT FOR TODAY AS 850MB TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA...WITH 60F OR HIGHER READINGS TO BECOME COMMON SOUTH OF A KAOO-KUNV-KSEG-KRDG LINE FOR A TIME THIS AFTENOON. THOUGH TEMP ADVECTION IS NEARLY NEUTRAL ACROSS THE NORTH...SOME DRIER AIR HAS WORKED IN THERE TOO AS MIXING HAS LOWERED DEWPOINTS INTO THE LOWER 30S...WHICH HAS ALLOWED TEMPS THERE TO RISE A BIT HIGHER. SO UPPED TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON BY A COUPLE DEGREES ACROSS THE BOARD. SCT MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE CLOUDS BEGIN TO THICKEN UP FROM THE WEST AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AS THEY TURN FROM THE WEST TO SW. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... MOISTURE ALOFT CONTINUES TO THICKEN UP TONIGHT. SUB-TROPICAL HIGH CENTERED EAST OF THE BAHAMAS WILL SUPPLY THE GOOD SRLY FLOW AND REAL GOMEX MOISTURE TO A STRONG SYSTEM DROPPING SE FROM THE HIGH PLAINS INTO MO LATER TODAY. THE SUB-1000MB LOW WILL DEEPEN EVEN FURTHER AS IT ROLLS EASTWARD ALONG THE WEAK BOUNDARY OVER THE OH VALLEY AND NRN MID-ATLANTIC STATES. THE LOW IS PROGGED BY ALL MDLS TO CROSS THE SRN TIER OF PA WED - AT 12Z IT SHOULD BE ENTERING FAR SWRN PA...AND WILL DEEPEN TO A 980MB LOW BY THE TIME IT SCOOTS EAST OF KABE WED EVENING. VERY STRONG AND NEAR-TEXTBOOK KISSING JET COUPLET WILL ENHANCE THE LIFT AND FRONTOGENESIS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. THE WARM AIR TO THE SOUTH AND THE ALREADY- ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPS WILL KEEP THE PRECIP RAIN OVER ALL BUT THE FAR NRN TIER BEFORE LATE WED. EVEN THE FAR NRN TIER WILL PROBABLY HAVE TROUBLE ACCUMULATING WHAT DOES FALL AS SNOW...DUE TO THE MID- MARCH SUN AND MARGINAL TEMP PROFILE. LIGHT EAST WIND COULD KEEP TEMPS NEAR FREEZING IN THE NRN MTS WED MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF FZG RAIN MAY THEREFORE EXIST IN THE NRN TIER WED. AS THE LOW DEEPENS AND PASSES TO THE EAST...THE WINDS WILL GO NORTHERLY AND INCREASE QUITE RAPIDLY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE 20S AND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS STRONG CAA DROPS TEMPS INTO THE 20S IN THE N WED AFTN. QPF IN THE 1-1.25 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE NORTH IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE MOSTLY RAIN...BUT THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND COUPLED JET LATER IN THE DAY WILL MAKE MESOSCALE SNOW BAND/S AND TEMPS WILL THEN BE CONDUCIVE TO ALLOW ACCUMULATION. THUS...THE ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 6 INCHES OR MORE ALONG THE NRN TIER BY LATE WED NIGHT. THE COLD WINDS WILL HELP MINS INTO THE LOWEST SINGLE DIGITS IN THE N. THIS WILL ALSO LEAD TO LOW WIND CHILLS. HAVE THUSLY ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE 4 NRN TIER COS ALONG THE NY BORDER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MAINLY SLUSH - AND AT MOST AN INCH OR TWO ANYWHERE SOUTH/EAST OF ALTOONA/STATE COLLEGE/WILLIAMSPORT. RAINFALL IN THE SOUTH/EAST WILL BE PRETTY LIGHT. SEE HYDRO SECTION FOR MORE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... AFTER THE STORM...QUITE COLD AIR...AROUND -20C AT 850MB...GETS DRIVEN INTO THE REGION ON A STRONG GUSTY NW WIND LATER WED NIGHT INTO THU...WITH BY FAR THE COLDEST DAY OF THE WEEK IN STORE THURSDAY. WIND CHILLS SHOULD REACH NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE NRN MTNS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS...RANGE FROM 0 TO -10F OVER THE CENTRAL RIDGE/VALLEY REGION AND DIP TO AROUND ZERO IN THE LWR SUSQ. VLY. THE WELL-BELOW NORMAL COLD WILL BE SHORT-LIVED THOUGH...AS TEMPS REBOUND DECENTLY FRI INTO SAT...BOUNCING BACK TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. HOWEVER THIS WINTER'S DEFINING FEATURE...THE PERSISTENT WEST COAST RIDGE...IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR COOLER AIR TO FILTER BACK INTO THE REGION IN PERSISTENT NW FLOW OVER PA...KEEPING TEMPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL AND PREVENTING ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANT WARM UP. && .AVIATION /17Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... WIDESPREAD VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL PA TODAY WITH LIGHT W/SW WINDS. MID/HIGH CLOUDS WILL THICKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM. RESTRICTIONS ARRIVE OVERNIGHT AS LIGHT RAIN /AND POSS SNOW NORTH/ BEGIN TO MOVE IN AROUND 06Z IN THE NW...AND HEAVIER AREA OF PRECIP ARRIVES STARTING AROUND 12Z WED. BULK OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL BE BETWEEN WED MORNING AND MIDNIGHT WED NIGHT. WIDESPREAD ADVERSE CONDITIONS ON WED...WITH RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...SNOW ACROSS THE FAR NORTH...AND SOME RISK OF STRONG TSTMS NEAR THE MD BORDER. BY AFTERNOON...STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL BRING INCREASING NORTHERLY FLOW...LLWS...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THESE CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THU AS VERY COLD AIR STAMPEDES INTO PA. WITH STRONG STORM DYNAMICS...CONCERN EXISTS FOR A BURST OF HEAVY WET CONVECTIVE SNOW /AND POSS THUNDER/ NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LOW WED/WED NIGHT. OUTLOOK... WED...WIDESPREAD MVFR-IFR RESTRICTIONS IN RAIN AND SNOW. STRONG N/NW WINDS DEVELOPING. LLWS. THU...STRONG/GUSTY N/NW WINDS...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. FRI-SAT...NO SIG WX EXPECTED. && .HYDROLOGY... WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND MIDWEEK RAINFALL...EXPECT MODERATE RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. STILL ENOUGH ICE IN SPOTS TO BRING ICE JAMS...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT DECAY HAS OCCURRED AT MANY LOCATIONS. ANY ICE JAMS WILL BE ISOLATED IN NATURE. ALL PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS CLOSELY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR PAZ004>006-037. && SYNOPSIS...RXR NEAR TERM...RXR SHORT TERM...DANGELO LONG TERM...STEINBUGL AVIATION...MARTIN/RXR HYDROLOGY...
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 158 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 PAZ010>012-017-018-041-042-045-046-121800- ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 158 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A DYNAMIC LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW. A LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH- NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP MAY PRODUCE FLASH FREEZES. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ019-025>028-034>036-049>053-056>059-063>066-121800- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN- SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 158 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A DYNAMIC LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD BEING STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 BELOW ZERO. THE RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP MAY PRODUCE FLASH FREEZES. ICE JAMS AND MINOR FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ004>006-037-121800- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA- 158 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ024-033-121800- CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 158 PM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A DYNAMIC LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD BEING STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW. A LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP MAY PRODUCE FLASH FREEZES. ICE JAMS AND MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MS/RXR
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:27 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | McKean, Potter, Tioga, Warren | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Potter, Somerset and 1 more | 30 hr |
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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.