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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 4:08 PM EDT for Montour County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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, 2016, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Montour County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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, 3:39 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:39 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 5:55 AM EDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 555 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-045-049-050-056>059- 063>066-311000- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-SOUTHERN CLINTON- UNION-SNYDER-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK- LANCASTER- 555 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ041-042-046-051>053-311000- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND- COLUMBIA- 555 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 30, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
243 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016
PAZ026-034-035-301930-
BEDFORD PA-FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
243 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016
...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS THROUGH 330
PM...
AT 243 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DUDLEY TO NEAR LAKE GORDON. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BREEZEWOOD...BIG COVE TANNERY...WELLS TANNERY...HARRISONVILLE...
LOCUST GROVE...WARFORDSBURG...WATERFALL...FORT LITTLETON...
CLEARVILLE...VALLEY-HI...MCCONNELLSBURG...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DUDLEY...
SIDELING HILL REST AREA...EVERETT...NEEDMORE...SALUVIA...COALMONT...
THREE SPRINGS AND BROAD TOP CITY.
LAT...LON 3979 7864 4022 7822 4018 7779 4008 7785
4000 7792 3983 7800 3972 7810
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 265DEG 18KT 4017 7819 3980 7856
DEVOIRSpecial weather statement, May 30, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 250 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 PAZ041-301930- NORTHERN LYCOMING PA- 250 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN LYCOMING COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM... AT 250 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RALSTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RALSTON AND BARBOURS. LAT...LON 4136 7680 4142 7708 4155 7708 4155 7682 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 278DEG 13KT 4146 7703 DEVOIR
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:21 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 321 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 PAZ046-049-051-052-301945- UNION PA-MONTOUR PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA- 321 PM EDT MON MAY 30 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF UNION... NORTHUMBERLAND...LYCOMING...AND MONTOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 321 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ELIMSPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNCY...SPRUCE RUN RESERVOIR...DELAWARE RUN...MONTGOMERY... ELIMSPORT...ALLENWOOD...EXCHANGE...LAIRDSVILLE...WATSONTOWN... NEW COLUMBIA...TURBOTVILLE...MCEWENSVILLE...WEST MILTON AND MILTON. LAT...LON 4101 7680 4103 7713 4116 7708 4126 7652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 268DEG 30KT 4113 7697 DANGELO
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 37 min |
| May 30, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 47 min |
| May 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 40 min |
| May 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 24 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 33 min |
| May 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 50 min |
| May 30, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon | 65 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.