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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS State College, PA

February 20, 201520 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 20, 2015, 10:26 AM EST for 20 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2015, 10:26 AM EST (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 20, 2015, 3:10 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Union County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 19, 6:15 PM EST, 16 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:15 PM EST, 16 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 3:10 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 21 more39 hr
Feb 20, 3:10 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 25 more39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2015Every winter storm watch in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.