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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 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 Jun 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 442 AM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-290845- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- Adams-York-Lancaster- 442 AM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Scattered, strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and isolated instances of hail are possible Saturday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
400 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019
PAZ066-282030-
Lancaster PA-
400 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM EDT...
At 400 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Smithville, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Very heavy rain and wind gusts 40 to 50 mph and half inch hail are
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Willow Street, Quarryville, Wakefield, Holtwood, Smithville,
Kirkwood, Little Britain, Refton, Buck, Peach Bottom and
Rawlinsville.
LAT...LON 3972 7624 3987 7638 3998 7630 3989 7599
3987 7599 3985 7602 3983 7602 3982 7604
3981 7603 3980 7605 3976 7606 3976 7608
3973 7610 3974 7611 3972 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 300DEG 13KT 3987 7627
La CorteThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 32 min |
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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.