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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

August 26, 2016Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2016, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Lancaster County, PA

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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 26, 2:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 12:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1258 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-270500-
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-
1258 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 11:13 PM EDT, 5 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1113 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

PAZ017-018-024-025-260345-
NORTHERN CENTRE PA-BLAIR PA-CLEARFIELD PA-CAMBRIA PA-
1113 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CLEARFIELD...BLAIR...
CENTRE...AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1112 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PRINCE GALLITZIN STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TYRONE...SINKING VALLEY...BELLWOOD...PATTON...BLANDBURG...
PRINCE GALLITZIN STATE PARK...BALD EAGLE...TIPTON...IRVONA...
COALPORT...DELGROSSO'S AMUSEMENT PARK AND BIRMINGHAM.

LAT...LON 4080 7861 4077 7818 4074 7823 4074 7813
      4070 7820 4068 7822 4064 7819 4062 7817
      4056 7820 4051 7815 4062 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 279DEG 31KT 4070 7854

JUNG

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1204 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016

PAZ024>026-034-260500-
BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-HUNTINGDON PA-CAMBRIA PA-
1204 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 1202 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HORSESHOE CURVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PART OF
A BAND OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED WESTWARD TO NORTH OF PITTSBURGH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTAGE...ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...NANTY-GLO...WESTMONT...JOHNSTOWN...
HOLLIDAYSBURG...EBENSBURG...LAKEMONT...CRESSON...
CANOE CREEK STATE PARK...BELSANO...CLAYSBURG...ROYER...CARROLLTOWN...
GALLITZIN...DALE...SALIX-BEAUTY LINE PARK...
SOUTHMONT AND DUNCANSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4034 7901 4050 7891 4067 7883 4056 7786
      4023 7810 4031 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 296DEG 26KT 4053 7852

MARTIN

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:13 AM 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
Aug 25, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	54 min
Aug 25, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	57 min
Aug 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	59 min
Aug 25, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	36 min
Aug 25, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	34 min
Aug 25, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	57 min
Aug 25, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	44 min
Aug 25, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	32 min
Aug 26, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon	56 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016 Every 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.