Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Warnings in 2015
Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind chill warning at Feb 12, 2015, 3:10 AM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 12, 2015, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 12, 2015, 3:10 AM EST (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 11:10 AM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WWUS41 KCTP 120810 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 310 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 PAZ004>006-037-042-130000- /O.UPG.KCTP.WC.A.0001.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.W.0001.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 310 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ033-130000- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0013.150212T1100Z-150213T0600Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERSET 310 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG C...T...P...W...X. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-058-130000- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...POTTSVILLE 310 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ MS/KF
6 follow-up statements
520 WWUS41 KCTP 121800 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 100 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 PAZ004>006-037-042-130200- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 100 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ033-130200- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERSET 100 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. * PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE SNOW...SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR 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 C...T...P...W...X. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-058-130200- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE... DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...POTTSVILLE 100 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$
574 WWUS41 KCTP 122019 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 319 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL IMPACT ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PAZ004>006-037-042-131400- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 319 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ056-057-059-063>066-131400- /O.EXA.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY... LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 319 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ033-131400- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERSET 319 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR 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 C...T...P...W...X. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-058-131400- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.150213T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...POTTSVILLE 319 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$
563 WWUS41 KCTP 130032 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 732 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL IMPACT ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... PAZ004>006-037-042-131245- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 732 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ033-131245- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERSET 732 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH. * TIMING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING. LOW WIND CHILLS WILL LAST THROUGH MID MORNING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE OR MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. REPORT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CTP.STORMREPORTS@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS STATE COLLEGE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET @NWSSTATECOLLEGE WITH THE HASHTAG C...T...P...W...X. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-131245- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT... HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE... GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 732 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 15 OR 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$
584 WWUS41 KCTP 130226 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 926 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL IMPACT ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING... PAZ033-131430- /O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-150213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERSET 926 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS WILL LAST THROUGH THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ004>006-037-042-131430- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 926 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-131430- /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... JOHNSTOWN...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT... HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE... GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 926 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY... * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$
881 WWUS41 KCTP 130822 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 322 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 PAZ004>006-132030- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT 322 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ037-042-132030- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0500Z-150216T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 322 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ010-011-017-024-033-132030- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 322 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ012-018-019-025>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-132030- /O.NEW.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0500Z-150216T1500Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON- MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...MIFFLINTOWN... BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...LOCK HAVEN... WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY... SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG... HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK... LANCASTER 322 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ MS/BL
795 WWUS41 KCTP 131610 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 PAZ004>006-140415- /O.CAN.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T1500Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING TODAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ037-042-140415- /O.CAN.KCTP.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0500Z-150216T1500Z/ TIOGA-SULLIVAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO...LAPORTE 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * HAZARD TYPES...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ010-011-017-024-033-140415- /O.CAN.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0000Z-150216T1500Z/ ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$ PAZ012-018-019-025>028-034>036-041-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-140415- /O.CAN.KCTP.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.WC.A.0002.150215T0500Z-150216T1500Z/ NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON- MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RENOVO...PHILIPSBURG... STATE COLLEGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN... MIFFLINTOWN...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG... LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE... SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT... HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE... GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 1110 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR TODAY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON TODAY...AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WIND CHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. YOUNG CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill 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 wind chill warning went out at Feb 12, 1:11 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 1:11 AM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 111 AM EST THU FEB 12 2015 .SYNOPSIS... ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE COMMONWEALTH OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL CROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON BEFORE BITTERLY COLD AIR ARRIVES AND DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER POTENT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED CLIPPER WILL DELIVER AN EVEN COLDER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR TO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING/... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS POTENT SHORTWAVE DIVING SE ACROSS WISCONSIN AT 0530Z. LG SCALE FORCING AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE IS SUPPORTING SOME LIGHT SNOW FROM WESTERN NY STATE SW INTO OHIO. ARCTIC COLD FRONT AT 05Z LIES ACROSS S ONTARIO INTO S MICHIGAN. AS SHORTWAVE PRESSES EAST...EXPECT PERIODS OF LGT SNOW TO FALL OVR THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU EARLY THIS MORNING. UPSTREAM REPORTS ACROSS SE OHIO/SW PA INDICATE SOME FZDZ...WHERE CLOUD TOP TEMPS REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM. LATEST RAP OUTPUT INDICATES CLOUD TOP TEMPS AOA -10C COULD SUPPORT A BIT OF FZDZ ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS UNTIL DEEPER/COLDER CLOUD TOPS ARRIVE ARND 08Z-09Z. SOME BRIEFLY HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS COULD AFFECT PARTS OF THE NW MTNS ARND DAWN...AS ARCTIC COLD FRONT ARRIVES. LATEST NEAR TERM MDL OUTPUT CONTINUES TO INDICATE ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU. BLEND OF EARLIER MDL QPF AND LATEST HRRR SUGGEST ACCUMS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU...WITH NO MORE THAN A DUSTING LIKELY ELSEWHERE. CLOUD COVER AND SWRLY FLOW AHEAD OF APPROACHING ARCTIC COLD FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN A RELATIVELY MILD NIGHT...WITH MIN TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 20S. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... QPF VERY LIGHT AND UPSLOPE FETCH/FEED NOT ENTIRELY FAVORABLE FOR SOMERSET COUNTY TO REALLY GET HAMMERED WITH HEAVY SNOW THIS PERIOD. WILL TAKE THE WATCH AND CONVERT IT TO AN ADVY AND KEEP MENTIONS OF BLSN...AS WINDS WILL BE PRETTY NASTY. ACCUMS WILL BE TOUGH TO MEASURE ANYWAY...BUT QPF SO LIGHT - ON THE ORDER OF A TENTH OF AN INCH - THAT ACCUMS MORE THAN 5 INCHES EVEN ON THE RIDGES IS UNLIKELY. WILL KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE WIND CHILL WATCH...IT LOOKS LIKE A SOLID WARNING IN THE NORTH...BUT AN ADVY WILL BE NECESSARY ELSEWHERE...BUT HOW FAR SE TO GO WITH IT IS A QUESTION. NO NEED TO ACT RIGHT AWAY...AND WILL HOLD ONTO THE WIND CHILL WATCH FOR THE TIME BEING. PREV... ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THRU MOST OF CENTRAL PA BTWN 12Z-18Z THU BASED ON 12Z GUIDANCE AND BTV SNSQ PARAMETER. SENT I80 EMAIL NOTIFICATION FOR LINE OF SQUALLS EXPECTED TO CROSS CENTRAL PA THU MORNING INTO THU AFTERNOON. STEEP LOWER TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES...COMBINED WITH STRONG LG SCALE FORCING AHEAD OF MID LVL SHORTWAVE...WILL GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND SQUALLS EVEN INTO THE SUSQ VALLEY. ACCUMS THURSDAY SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE FLASH FREEZE CONCERNS OVR THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY...WHERE ABV FREEZING TEMPS AND INITIAL MELTING OF SNOW ON ROADS IS POSSIBLE. OTHER CONCERN IS FOR STRONG UPSLOPE INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER SOMERSET COUNTY. NW WINDS INCREASING TO 10-18 KTS WITH GUSTS OCNLY TO 25-30 KTS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL USHER IN BITTERLY COLD TEMPS AND WIND CHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY NOT DEVELOP UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...AS PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS WEST OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM SOUTH OF CAPE COD. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... CURRENT ENSEMBLES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS GIVE FURTHER CREDENCE AND SUPPORT FOR FREQUENT GUSTS TO ARND 35KTS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL PA BTWN 00Z- 06Z FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS IN CONJUNCTION W/ARRIVAL OF ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL LIKELY RESULT WIDESPREAD WIND CHILLS THU NIGHT BTWN 10-20 BLW ZERO. ACROSS THE N MTNS...APPARENT TEMPS IN THE 25-30BLW RANGE ARE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE IN TEMPERATURES AND HAVE THEREFORE ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH UP THERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS WCHILLS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COUNTIES. MOSTLY FROZEN LAKES AND DRYNESS OF ARCTIC AIR MASS SHOULD PRECLUDE ANYTHING MORE THAN SCT -SHSN OVR THE W MTNS THU NIGHT WITH ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMS LESS THAN AN INCH. FRIDAY WILL LIKELY BE ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE WINTER SEASON SO FAR WITH ANOMALOUSLY LOW GEFS MEAN 925 MB TEMPS OF ARND -18C LIKELY SUPPORTING HIGH TEMPS NO BETTER THAN THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTNS...TO THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEYS. AN EXTENSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FRIDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SLOWLY DECREASING NW WINDS AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SE ZONES. THE NW MTNS MAY HAVE A TOUGH TIME BREAKING UP THE SHALLOW STRATO CU WITH A CHANCE FOR FLURRIES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE CLIPPER WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CWA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY DAYTIME...AND PERIODS OF STEADY SNOW INTO SATURDAY EVENING. MODELS DIFFER ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...AND AS SUCH THERE IS SOME VARIANCE ON THE AMOUNT OF QPF AND CORRESPONDING SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE EC MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES A CLOSED MID/UPPER LOW CENTER FORMING OVER CENTRAL/ERN PENN BEFORE SCOOTING QUICKLY EAST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE EVEN A FEW-SVRL DEG F COLDER THAN THE INITIAL LATE WEEK CLIPPER. TEMPS SHOULD STEADILY FALL /FROM THEIR ALREADY BELOW NORMAL VALUES/ SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH A FEW SQUALLS EMBEDDED IN THE LARGER SCALE AREAS OF LIGHTER SNOW. AS THE SFC LOW RAPIDLY DEEPENS JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC/SRN NEW ENGLAND COAST SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY...NW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE TEENS-LOW 20 KT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS...SIMILAR OR COLDER WIND CHILLS /THAN THURSDAY NIGHT'S ARE EXPECTED BY VERY EARLY SUNDAY/. A TRUE TASTE OF THE ARCTIC WILL BE PLATED UP FOR RESIDENTS OF PENN SUNDAY...WITH MEAN GEFS 850 MB TEMPS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE LOW-MID -20C RANGE - RESULTING IN SFC MAX TEMPS POSSIBLY STAYING JUST BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NRN MTNS...AND ONLY REACHING THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS AT BEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SRN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. GEFS TEMP PLUMES AND ECENS MOS INDICATE THE COLDEST TEMPS OF THIS OUTBREAK WILL LIKELY OCCUR SUN NIGHT...AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE STATE. SHOULD THE WIND DIMINISH AND SKIES CLEAR OUT QUICK ENOUGH...WIDESPREAD RECORD MINS ARE POSSIBLE. THE THIRD DIGGING SHORTWAVE /POSSIBLE CABOOSE/ TUESDAY...MAY HELP TO BRIEFLY CARVE OUT THE MEAN ERN CONUS TROF A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST /WHILE TEAMING UP WITH SOME SRN STREAM ENERGY/ ALLOWING FOR SOME GOMEX MOISTURE TO BE PICKED UP BY THE SYSTEM BEFORE IT HEADS EAST- NORTHEAST TWD THE VA/MID ATLANTIC COAST. FOR NOW...AND AT THIS TIME RANGE WILL GO WITH ABOVE CLIMO POPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST FOR CHC OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS /DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE SEE A DOMINANT NRN STREAM CLIPPER...OR PHASING NRN AND SRN STREAM FEATURES/. TEMPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL SLOWLY REBOUND BUT LIKELY STAY SEVERAL DEG F BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... ABOVE AVG CONFIDENCE IN PROLONGED IFR AT BFD/JST TERMINALS IN ZOB SECTOR GIVEN INCREASINGLY COLD/BLUSTERY WNW FLOW IN WAKE OF ARCTIC FRONT. MVFR CIGS SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE CENTRAL TAFS WITH LOW VFR 050 CIGS AT MDT/LNS. TIMING OF ARCTIC FRONT AND ASSOCIATED BURSTS OF +SHSN/SNSQ WILL STILL NEED TO BE REFINED WITH FAVORED WINDOW 12-15Z WEST...15-18Z CENTRAL AND 18-21Z SOUTHEAST. SFC WINDS 270-300 BCMG 290-320 AND INCREASING INTO TONIGHT WITH GUSTS 25-35KTS. CONDS SHOULD IMPROVE EAST OF THE MTNS BY TONIGHT WITH RESTRICTIONS LKLY PERSISTING AT BFD/JST INTO FRIDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK... FRI...MVFR/IFR WITH -SHSN WEST EARLY...THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVING. SAT...BCMG MVFR/IFR WITH -SN. FROPA FOLLOWED BY GUSTY WNW WINDS. SUN...MVFR/IFR WEST IN -SHSN. STRONG GUSTY WNW WINDS. MON...MVFR/IFR WITH -SHSN EARLY...THEN VFR LATE. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR PAZ004>006-037-042. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY FOR PAZ033. && SYNOPSIS...DANGELO/DEVOIR NEAR TERM...FITZGERALD SHORT TERM...DANGELO/DEVOIR LONG TERM...FITZGERALD/CERU AVIATION...STEINBUGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 9:06 PM EST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 906 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-034-041-045-046-049>053-058-130215- ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER- MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 906 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. BRIEF HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE REGION. WINDS CHILLS WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ004>006-037-042-130215- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-TIOGA-SULLIVAN- 906 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY OCCUR EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WATCH. BRIEF HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS COLD AIR POURS INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ033-130215- SOMERSET- 906 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WINDS CHILLS WILL DROP WELL BELOW ZERO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ035-036-056-057-059-063>066-130215- FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- LANCASTER- 906 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 9:11 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 911 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-025-033-034-037-041-042-120815- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 911 PM EST WED FEB 11 2015 ...PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE... COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING...ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...BEFORE THE COLDEST AIR ARRIVES...THE CLOUDS WILL BE THICKENING UP AND LOWERING. PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT...AS ICY PATCHES MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES FREEZE FIRST.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 26 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:10 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 22 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield | 45 min |
| Feb 12, 9:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming | 41 min |
| Feb 12, 10:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming and 6 more | 42 min |
| Feb 12, 11:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland and 3 more | 40 min |
| Feb 12, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 20 min |
| Feb 12, 6:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.