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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2015, 4:03 PM EDT for Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 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
- May 30, 2015, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Elk County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 30, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 6:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 601 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-311015- 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- 601 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE PUSHING SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE STRONG AND HIGHLY LOCALIZED DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS...AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES SUNDAY FOR PRACTICALLY ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA. STRONGER AND MORE VEERING WINDS ALOFT INDICATE THAT A BETTER CHANCE FOR WIND DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE LOWER 80S. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 233 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 PAZ033-034-301915- BEDFORD PA-SOMERSET PA- 233 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BEDFORD...AND SOMERSET COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE GORDON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE GORDON AROUND 250 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE ELLERSLIE...HYNDMAN... RAINSBURG AND WELLERSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3972 7885 3987 7878 4000 7846 3972 7840 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 249DEG 15KT 3976 7877 EVANEGO
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
403 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015
PAZ010-302045-
ELK PA-
403 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELK COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT...
AT 403 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PORTLAND MILLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
40 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RIDGWAY AROUND 415 PM EDT.
JAMES CITY AROUND 420 PM EDT.
WILCOX AND JOHNSONBURG AROUND 425 PM EDT.
EAST BRANCH DAM AROUND 430 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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LAT...LON 4160 7848 4160 7842 4146 7842 4131 7883
4136 7895 4137 7896 4137 7900 4145 7906
4145 7898 4144 7898 4144 7896 4157 7896
4163 7887 4163 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 236DEG 35KT 4146 7894
KFThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 34 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga, Union | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.