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Freeze Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

April 10, 20207 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this freeze warning at Apr 10, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT for 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 11, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 10, 2020, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 11, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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 Apr 10, 10:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 4:02 AM EDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 10:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	48 min
Apr 9, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	42 min
Apr 10, 2:15 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 1 more	11 hr
Apr 10, 2:15 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 3 more	17 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2020 Every freeze warning in 2020

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.