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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 1, 2016Elk County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 5:38 PM EDT for Elk 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
Jul 1, 2016, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County Elk County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
131 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

PAZ058-011800-
SCHUYLKILL PA-
131 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM EDT...

AT 131 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. CLAIR...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...TAMAQUA...MINERSVILLE...POTTSVILLE...
RENNINGERS...SELTZER...PORT CARBON...NEW PHILADELPHIA...ORWIGSBURG...
TUSCARORA...FRIEDENSBURG...HOMETOWN...LOCUST LAKE STATE PARK...
COALDALE...SNYDERS...MARLIN...MCKEANSBURG...
BROCKTON AND LANDINGVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 7583 4064 7599 4057 7602 4058 7604
      4057 7605 4058 7607 4057 7608 4056 7611
      4053 7621 4071 7628 4087 7595 4080 7587
      4075 7578 4073 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 240DEG 28KT 4062 7617

TYBURSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 1:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
151 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

PAZ058-011830-
SCHUYLKILL PA-
151 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS THE REGION THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

AT 150 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ORWIGSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORWIGSBURG...SNYDERS...RENNINGERS...MCKEANSBURG...LANDINGVILLE...PORT
CLINTON...AUBURN...DEER LAKE AND NEW RINGGOLD.

LAT...LON 4070 7583 4064 7599 4059 7601 4057 7602
      4058 7604 4057 7605 4058 7607 4057 7607
      4057 7612 4068 7617 4080 7586 4074 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 253DEG 18KT 4063 7608

DEVOIR
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
202 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

PAZ065-066-011915-
LANCASTER PA-YORK PA-
202 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF YORK AND LANCASTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 202 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BROGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANCASTER...NEW HOLLAND...MILLERSVILLE...WILLOW STREET...BAREVILLE...
DELTA...PARADISE...BROGUE...CROSS ROADS...SUNNYBURN...SHENKS FERRY...
SAFE HARBOR...GAP...WAKEFIELD...STRASBURG...QUARRYVILLE...HOLTWOOD...
LEOLA...CHURCHTOWN AND SMITHVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7649 3985 7662 4023 7601 4014 7587
      4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3990 7600
      3987 7599 3988 7600 3985 7602 3984 7602
      3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 239DEG 18KT 3984 7645

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:38 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia29 min
Jul 1, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin29 min
Jul 1, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan48 min
Jul 1, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill29 min
Jul 1, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York72 min
Jul 1, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill39 min
Jul 1, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill66 min
Jul 1, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster73 min
Jul 1, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York50 min
Jul 1, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, Lebanon41 min
Jul 1, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster38 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean27 min
Jul 1, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMifflin65 min

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Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.