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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 24, 2016Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2016, 8:56 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2016, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 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 24, 8:13 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 8:13 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:26 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>026-033-034-037-041-042-045-251830-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ035-251830-
FULTON-
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ027-028-036-056>059-063>066-251830-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ046-049>053-251830-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
226 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:05 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:56 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 24, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Franklin	55 min
Jul 25, 6:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	48 min
Jul 25, 9:37 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 1 more	9 hr
Jul 25, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	26 min
Jul 25, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	35 min
Jul 25, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	66 min
Jul 25, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter	67 min
Jul 25, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon	45 min
Jul 25, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	39 min
Jul 25, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	36 min
Jul 25, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	66 min
Jul 25, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	43 min
Jul 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter	64 min
Jul 25, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon	42 min
Jul 25, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	69 min
Jul 25, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	37 min
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	35 min
Jul 25, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan and 2 more	76 min
Jul 25, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	57 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill	95 min
Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Franklin	56 min
Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria	75 min
Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	90 min
Jul 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	61 min
Jul 25, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	43 min
Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	72 min
Jul 25, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	55 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	52 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill	60 min
Jul 25, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry	63 min
Jul 25, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry	69 min
Jul 25, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster, York	53 min
Jul 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	68 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.