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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS State College, PA

December 28, 2016Somerset County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 28, 2016, 1:39 PM EST for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2016, 1:39 PM EST (18:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 29, 2016, 8:49 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Somerset County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 28, 7:43 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 7:43 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 8:09 AM EST, 5 hours 30 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
Dec 28, 1:39 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	CTP	Warren	15 hr
Dec 28, 1:39 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin and 5 more	24 hr

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Winter Storm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2016 Every winter storm watch 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.