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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT for Blair County, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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
- Mar 28, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 719 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Mar 28, 9:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 9:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 527 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 PAZ004-005-010-011-017-024-033-290930- Warren-McKean-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset- 527 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Periods of heavier rain are possible today into tonight, with a widespread 1 to 1.5 inches bringing rises to streams and rivers. In addition, a few strong thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Scattered strong thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible during the late morning and early afternoon hours Sunday. The main threat for strong storms will be along and to the west of Route 219 as a cold front pushes east into the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter are encouraged to relay severe weather reports to the National Weather Service. PAZ006-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-290930- Potter-Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Blair- Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union- Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill- Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 527 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Periods of heavier rain are possible today into tonight, with a widespread 1 to 1.5 inches bringing rises to streams and rivers. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Scattered strong thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible during the afternoon hours Sunday. The main threat for strong storms will likely be near and to the south of the Interstate 81 corridor. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter are encouraged to relay severe weather reports to the National Weather Service.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 9:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 113 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 PAZ024-025-281815- Blair PA-Cambria PA- 113 PM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 112 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Homer City, moving east at 40 mph. Pea size hail is possible. Locations impacted include... Altoona, Hollidaysburg, Ebensburg, Nanty-Glo, Northern Cambria, Lakemont, Bellwood, Patton, Cresson, Gallitzin, Vinco, Loretto, Duncansville, Tipton, Lilly, Carrolltown, Sankertown, Horseshoe Curve, Belsano and Canoe Creek State Park. LAT...LON 4065 7884 4065 7826 4038 7828 4043 7896 TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 270DEG 39KT 4054 7906 Martin
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Clearfield | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Cambria, Somerset | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Blair, Centre, Huntingdon | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Cambria, Somerset | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.