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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2018, 8:49 PM EDT for Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 27, 2018, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2018, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Fulton County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
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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 Jun 27, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033-034-045-281100- Northern Clinton-Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria- Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Southern Clinton- 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and flooding downpours are possible this afternoon or evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ006-037-041-042-281100- Potter-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms with flooding downpours are possible late this afternoon or evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ004-005-010-011-281100- Warren-McKean-Elk-Cameron- 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon or early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ046-053-058-281100- Southern Lycoming-Columbia-Schuylkill- 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms with flooding downpours are possible late this afternoon or evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot and humid weather will impact the area this weekend. Dangerous heat conditions are possible with maximum heat index values around 100 degrees. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ035-036-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-281100- Fulton-Franklin-Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Perry-Dauphin- Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 654 AM EDT Wed Jun 27 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and flooding downpours are possible this afternoon or evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot and humid weather will impact the area this weekend. Dangerous heat conditions are possible with maximum heat index values around 100 degrees. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 74 min |
| Jun 27, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 52 min |
| Jun 27, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Perry | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 11:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 18 min |
| Jun 28, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 1:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 2:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 24 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 26 hr |
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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.