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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this wind chill watch at Feb 11, 2016, 3:06 PM EST for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 13, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2016, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2016, 1:11 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill watch 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 wind chill watch went out at Feb 11, 3:05 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:05 PM EST, 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 430 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 PAZ006-011-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-120930- POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE- BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION- SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL- LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 430 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ005-120930- MCKEAN- 430 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ010-017-024-033-120930- ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 430 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ004-120930- WARREN- 430 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW SQUALLS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ARCTIC FRONT FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
In the hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming | 62 min |
| Feb 10, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan | 77 min |
| Feb 11, 2:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 57 min |
| Feb 11, 2:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 7:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 68 min |
| Feb 11, 8:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 58 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.