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Freeze Warning 4, NWS State College, PA

November 1, 201915 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this freeze warning at Nov 1, 2019, 2:01 PM EDT for 15 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 2, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 2019, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2019, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Nov 2, 2019, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Nov 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 1:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 1, 10:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York85 min
Oct 31, 8:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming, Sullivan3 hr
Oct 31, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York3 hr
Oct 31, 8:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, York3 hr
Oct 31, 9:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPSchuylkill3 hr
Oct 31, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster69 min
Oct 31, 10:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLancaster, York3 hr
Oct 31, 10:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill30 hr
Oct 31, 10:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan3 hr
Oct 31, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster50 min
Oct 31, 10:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster, York3 hr
Oct 31, 11:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPElk112 min
Oct 31, 11:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon35 hr
Oct 31, 11:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPSchuylkill3 hr
Nov 1, 12:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPCumberland, York15 hr
Nov 1, 4:17 AM EDTFreeze WatchCTPAdams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancaster and 9 more10 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2019Every freeze warning in 2019

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.