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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 8, 2016Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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 8, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 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 8, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:15 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1101 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-091515-
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-
1101 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS 60 MPH OR
GREATER ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTDOOR EVENTS
MAY BE DISRUPTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER. MONITOR
LOCAL FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/CTP AND FOLLOW OUR OFFICE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.

MS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1254 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

PAZ064-065-081800-
ADAMS PA-YORK PA-
1254 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF ADAMS AND YORK COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 PM EDT...

AT 1254 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST BERLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DALLASTOWN...SPRY...WEIGELSTOWN...YORK...RED LION...SHREWSBURY...
YORKLYN...JACOBUS...EAST BERLIN...DOVER...SHILOH...SPRING GROVE...
NEW FREEDOM...BROGUE...GRANTLEY...TYLER RUN-QUEENS GATE...
STONYBROOK-WILSHIRE...STEWARTSTOWN...YORKANA AND CROSS ROADS.

LAT...LON 3986 7711 4004 7706 3998 7650 3996 7648
      3994 7647 3992 7641 3972 7646 3972 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 282DEG 21KT 3994 7700

CR/RG

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:43 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:20 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
Jul 8, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	68 min
Jul 8, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	70 min
Jul 8, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	58 min
Jul 8, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming	57 min
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	66 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata	32 min
Jul 8, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	36 min
Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	67 min
Jul 8, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	32 min
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	45 min
Jul 8, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	36 min
Jul 8, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	40 min
Jul 8, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	49 min
Jul 8, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	34 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.