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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2017, 4:09 PM EDT for Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2017, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Blair County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 67 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 221 AM EDT Fri Aug 11 2017 PAZ006-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-120900- Potter-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- 221 AM EDT Fri Aug 11 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible during the afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible Saturday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-033-120900- Warren-McKean-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset- 221 AM EDT Fri Aug 11 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible during the afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 4:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 54 min |
| Aug 11, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon, Mifflin | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon | 119 min |
| Aug 11, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Perry | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 31 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.