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Heat Advisory 1, NWS State College, PA

July 20, 20179 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this heat advisory at Jul 20, 2017, 11:34 AM EDT for 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 20, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2017, 11:34 AM EDT (15:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Perry County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 20, 11:10 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:10 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 6:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 25 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
Jul 19, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	33 min
Jul 20, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	56 min
Jul 20, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter, Tioga	59 min
Jul 20, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga	92 min
Jul 20, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	50 min
Jul 20, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	37 min
Jul 20, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia	27 min
Jul 20, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.