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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS State College, PA

March 19, 2015Bedford County, Fulton County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm watch at Mar 19, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT for Bedford County, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 20, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2015, 11:58 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Fulton County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 Mar 19, 2:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 3:47 PM EDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
347 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-192000-
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-
347 PM EDT WED MAR 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING SOUTH OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL PRODUCE A FEW
INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER AND RIDGE AND VALLEY
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 4:09 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Adams, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 23 more	38 hr
Mar 19, 11:58 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Fulton	28 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.