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Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS State College, PA

February 11, 20166 counties in Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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, Feb 11, 4:30 AM EST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 7:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield, Clinton, Lycoming62 min
Feb 10, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan77 min
Feb 11, 2:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre57 min
Feb 11, 2:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron53 min
Feb 11, 7:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon68 min
Feb 11, 8:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry58 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.