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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:38 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2018, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Sullivan County, PA
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 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 |
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| Aug 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 2:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 2:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Montour, Northumberland, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 77 min |
| Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 13 min |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton, Huntingdon | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Snyder | 114 min |
| Aug 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.