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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

October 30, 2016Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Oct 30, 2016, 3:01 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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: Oct 30, 2016, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 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 Oct 30, 11:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 11:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 10:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1045 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-045-046-311445-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-
1045 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE REGION BETWEEN INTERSTATE 80 AND ROUTE
6. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO
40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

PAZ019-024>028-033>036-049>053-056>059-063>066-311445-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1045 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

LAMBERT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 12:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1259 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ012-018-019-037-041-042-045-046-049-051-052-301745-
UNION PA-TIOGA PA-MONTOUR PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-SULLIVAN PA-
NORTHERN CENTRE PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-
NORTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-
1259 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF COLUMBIA...SULLIVAN...
SNYDER...CENTRE...UNION...TIOGA...NORTHUMBERLAND...LYCOMING...
CLINTON...AND MONTOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

AT 1258 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR OGDENSBURG TO NEAR COGAN STATION TO NEAR
BLANCHARD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHUMBERLAND...JERSEY SHORE...LEWISBURG...MILTON...SUNBURY...
DANVILLE...MONTOURSVILLE...MIFFLINBURG...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT...
MACKEYVILLE...RIVERSIDE...FLEMINGTON...SPRUCE RUN RESERVOIR...
HUGHESVILLE...DUNNSTOWN...DELAWARE RUN...WINFIELD...ELIMSPORT AND
ALLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 7688 4159 7687 4153 7622 4131 7631
      4131 7641 4115 7664 4106 7662 4105 7657
      4100 7657 4096 7652 4088 7653 4086 7650
      4075 7673 4079 7685 4087 7680 4089 7682
      4086 7708 4108 7775 4131 7728 4168 7696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 289DEG 41KT 4160 7692 4129 7719 4110 7758

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
143 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ010>012-017-018-301815-
NORTHERN CENTRE PA-CLEARFIELD PA-CAMERON PA-ELK PA-
NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
143 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CAMERON...ELK...
CLEARFIELD...CENTRE...LYCOMING...AND CLINTON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM
EDT...

AT 142 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BENEZETTE TO NEAR MEDIX RUN TO NEAR LECONTES
MILLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SNOW SHOE...KEATING...GLEN UNION...SOUTH RENOVO...PINE GLEN...
WESTPORT...LECONTES MILLS...CLARENCE...KARTHAUS...MONUMENT...
MOSHANNON...ORVISTON...RENOVO...DRIFTWOOD AND LOCK HAVEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 7747 4124 7739 4122 7732 4100 7780
      4109 7847 4119 7835 4134 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 276DEG 47KT 4126 7826 4119 7827 4114 7834

TYBURSKI

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
152 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ017>019-024>026-301815-
SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-BLAIR PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-CAMBRIA PA-
152 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CLEARFIELD...BLAIR...
CENTRE...CAMBRIA...AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 152 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CURWENSVILLE TO NEAR BELSANO. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTOONA...NANTY-GLO...HOLLIDAYSBURG...EBENSBURG...TYRONE...
LAKEMONT...OSCEOLA MILLS...CRESSON...WARRIORS MARK...BELSANO...
TIPTON...CHESTER HILL...CARROLLTOWN...JEFFRIES...SOUTH PHILIPSBURG...
GALLITZIN...HOUTZDALE...STORMSTOWN...DUNCANSVILLE AND NORTHERN
CAMBRIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4061 7885 4072 7881 4072 7880 4078 7881
      4095 7860 4095 7782 4041 7840 4046 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 272DEG 50KT 4090 7859 4053 7901

TYBURSKI

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 2:24 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
224 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ017>019-024>028-033-034-045-301915-
BEDFORD PA-MIFFLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
NORTHERN CENTRE PA-BLAIR PA-CLEARFIELD PA-SOMERSET PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
CAMBRIA PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
224 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 224 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLACK MOSHANNON STATE PARK TO BALD EAGLE TO
NEAR HORSESHOE CURVE TO SCALP LEVEL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...HOLLIDAYSBURG...PORTAGE...LEWISTOWN...
BELLEFONTE...WINDBER...STATE COLLEGE...TYRONE...WARRIORS MARK...
CLAYSBURG...TIPTON...PLEASANT GAP...REEDSVILLE...ROYER...MILLHEIM...
REBERSBURG...STORMSTOWN...ENTRIKEN AND MADISONBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4022 7900 4045 7859 4069 7828 4102 7809
      4099 7720 4091 7727 4085 7736 4076 7736
      4070 7734 4067 7736 4043 7768 4019 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 270DEG 48KT 4096 7804 4070 7819 4045 7850 4026
7884

TYBURSKI

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 3:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
301 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

PAZ026>028-036-056-063-301930-
MIFFLIN PA-CUMBERLAND PA-JUNIATA PA-HUNTINGDON PA-FRANKLIN PA-
PERRY PA-
301 PM EDT SUN OCT 30 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 301 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR RAYSTOWN DAM TO NEAR MOUNT UNION TO NEAR
TROUGH CREEK STATE PARK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOYLESBURG...HONEY GROVE...BIG SPRING STATE PARK...PERULACK...
RAYSTOWN DAM...ROCKHILL FURNACE...EAST WATERFORD...ROXBURY...
BLACKLOG...MOUNT UNION...ORBISONIA...NEW GERMANTOWN...ATKINSON
MILLS...MILL CREEK...MAPLETON...NEWTON HAMILTON...CASSVILLE...
SALTILLO...SHADE GAP AND SHIRLEYSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4040 7751 4025 7752 4009 7766 4026 7815
      4038 7804 4049 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 288DEG 38KT 4046 7796 4037 7796 4030 7802

TYBURSKI

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	54 min
Oct 30, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean, Warren	49 min
Oct 30, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	64 min
Oct 30, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	66 min
Oct 30, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Union	46 min
Oct 30, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	32 min
Oct 30, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria	23 min
Oct 30, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	51 min
Oct 30, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Fulton	30 min
Oct 30, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more	76 min
Oct 30, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	58 min

Nearby

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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.