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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

August 10, 2016Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2016, 9:09 PM EDT for Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 10, 2016, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County Mifflin County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 10, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 8:30 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:50 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:09 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
Aug 10, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre30 min
Aug 10, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford48 min
Aug 11, 12:38 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCTPAdams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata and 10 more3 days
Aug 11, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland40 min
Aug 11, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams34 min
Aug 11, 2:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPAdams, Cumberland, York3 hr
Aug 11, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren40 min
Aug 11, 3:45 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York37 hr
Aug 11, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean, Warren46 min
Aug 11, 4:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPWarren117 min
Aug 11, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPMcKean58 min
Aug 11, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, McKean, Potter34 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCameron, Potter118 min
Aug 11, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Potter57 min
Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre33 min
Aug 11, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga45 min
Aug 11, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield37 min
Aug 11, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan28 min
Aug 11, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming, Sullivan37 min

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.