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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT for Adams 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
- Aug 6, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Adams County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 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 6, 12:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 859 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-025-033>035-071300- Warren-McKean-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Bedford- Fulton- 859 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, gusty winds and small hail are possible late today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, gusty winds and small hail are possible on Thursday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ006-012-018-019-026>028-036-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-071300- Potter-Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Huntingdon- Mifflin-Juniata-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- Adams-York-Lancaster- 859 AM EDT Tue Aug 6 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...Wednesday through Monday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, gusty winds and hail are possible on Wednesday. The rain may be heavy enough to make localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:02 PM EDT, 43 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 6, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Northumberland, Union | 111 min |
| Aug 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 44 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019
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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.