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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2017, 7:13 AM EST for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2017, 7:13 AM EST (12:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2017, 7:45 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Warren County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 1, 6:26 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 6:26 AM EST, 47 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
655 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
PAZ024-025-033-034-011230-
Bedford PA-Somerset PA-Blair PA-Cambria PA-
655 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 653 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with very heavy
rain along a line extending from Lakemont to near Ogletown. Movement
was east at 55 mph.
Expect poor visibility and ponding of water roadways.
Locations impacted include...
Hollidaysburg, Blue Knob State Park, Martinsburg, Queen, Ogletown,
Roaring Spring, Ski Gap, Lakemont, Canoe Creek State Park,
Duncansville, Williamsburg, Claysburg, Royer, Woodbury, Saxton, East
Freedom, Newry, Peoples Natural Gas Field, Blue Knob Ski Resort and
Altoona-Blair County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4049 7839 4052 7815 4049 7815 4050 7814
4049 7813 4047 7813 4030 7826 4023 7824
4020 7819 4020 7830 4017 7887
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 262DEG 49KT 4046 7840 4023 7874
TyburskiSpecial weather statement, Mar 1, 7:13 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 713 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 PAZ004-005-011245- McKean PA-Warren PA- 713 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM EST... At 711 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lake Erie State Park to 10 miles north of Grove City. Movement is east at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible. Locations impacted include... Warren, Scandia, Lottsville, Youngsville, Ludlow, Grand Valley, Russell, Enterprise, Sheffield, Spring Creek, Columbus, Warren South, Garland, Kinzua Dam, Chapman State Park, Tidioute, Clarendon, Starbrick, Sugar Grove and Bear Lake. LAT...LON 4200 7877 4162 7898 4162 7961 4200 7961 TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 316DEG 19KT 4237 7946 4131 8014 Martin
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 1, 3:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 5:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 6:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 6:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 6:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 7:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 8:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 10:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 77 min |
| Mar 1, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 12:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Perry | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 12:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Franklin | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 70 min |
| Mar 1, 1:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 6:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 6:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 30 min |
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