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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

June 28, 2016Columbia County, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT for Columbia County, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Columbia County, PA, Sullivan County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 28, 12:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 1:18 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:41 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
152 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

PAZ026-036-281815-
HUNTINGDON PA-FRANKLIN PA-
152 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF FRANKLIN AND HUNTINGDON
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 152 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DOYLESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOYLESBURG.

LAT...LON 4020 7787 4030 7772 4027 7770 4029 7767
      4028 7766 4025 7767 4026 7764 4023 7765
      4022 7764 4023 7761 4022 7760 4019 7763
      4017 7762 4014 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 244DEG 14KT 4019 7780

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
155 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

PAZ035-036-281830-
FULTON PA-FRANKLIN PA-
155 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF FRANKLIN AND FULTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 155 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FANNETTSBURG TO NEAR MCCONNELLSBURG.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLOW HILL...ST. THOMAS...FORT LOUDON...FANNETTSBURG...
UPPER STRASBURG...ROXBURY AND MCCONNELLSBURG.

LAT...LON 3993 7808 4001 7796 4008 7791 4006 7786
      4014 7781 4017 7761 4005 7765 3988 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 254DEG 18KT 4004 7788 3996 7796

EVANEGO

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:07 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	25 min
Jun 28, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Sullivan	34 min
Jun 28, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	23 min
Jun 28, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	35 min
Jun 28, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	23 min
Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	29 min
Jun 28, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	42 min
Jun 28, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	25 min
Jun 28, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Franklin	22 min
Jun 28, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	36 min
Jun 28, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry	47 min
Jun 28, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland	55 min
Jun 28, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Snyder	34 min
Jun 28, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	61 min
Jun 28, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	48 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	119 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland	29 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	61 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	York	47 min
Jun 28, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	52 min
Jun 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	54 min
Jun 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder	50 min
Jun 28, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	63 min
Jun 28, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, York	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.