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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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 15, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Huntingdon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 15, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 314 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024>026-033>035-160715- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON- SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- 314 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ028-036-046-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-160715- JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 314 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY EXCEED 100 DEGREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PAZ012-018-019-027-037-041-042-045-053-058-160715- NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-MIFFLIN-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 314 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEVOIR
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
313 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
PAZ026-034-035-151945-
BEDFORD-FULTON-HUNTINGDON-
313 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL FULTON...
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...
AT 312 PM EDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
ENTERPRISE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA OF HEAVY SNOW.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLS TANNERY...DUDLEY...WATERFALL...NEW ENTERPRISE...SHY BEAVER...
BROAD TOP CITY...COALMONT...HOPEWELL...WOODBURY...DEFIANCE...
SAXTON AND EVERETT.
LAT...LON 4017 7851 4025 7831 4025 7829 4027 7827
4033 7812 4008 7800 4001 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 249DEG 19KT 4012 7838
JUNGSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
313 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
PAZ026-034-035-151945-
BEDFORD-FULTON-HUNTINGDON-
313 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL FULTON...
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...
AT 312 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
ENTERPRISE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STRONG THUNDE3RSTORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLS TANNERY...DUDLEY...WATERFALL...NEW ENTERPRISE...SHY BEAVER...
BROAD TOP CITY...COALMONT...HOPEWELL...WOODBURY...DEFIANCE...
SAXTON AND EVERETT.
LAT...LON 4017 7851 4025 7831 4025 7829 4027 7827
4033 7812 4008 7800 4001 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 249DEG 19KT 4012 7838
JUNGSpecial weather statement, Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon, Mifflin | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 26 min |
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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.