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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2020, 4:00 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2020, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Sullivan County, PA
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 29, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 248 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 PAZ036-041-042-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-301900- Franklin-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon- Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 248 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 234 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-037-045-301900- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Southern Clinton- 248 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:18 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 343 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 PAZ057-059-064>066-292015- York PA-Lancaster PA-Adams PA-Lebanon PA-Dauphin PA- 343 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LANCASTER...ADAMS... YORK...DAUPHIN...AND LEBANON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... At 342 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Fredericksburg to near Taneytown. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible. Locations impacted include... York, Lebanon, Hanover, Hershey, Colonial Park, Weigelstown, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Middletown, Gettysburg, Mount Joy, Palmyra, Parkville, Steelton, Spry, Manheim, Annville, Hummelstown, Cornwall and Dallastown. This includes the following COVID-19 Test Sites... Adams County VA ... Eastside Campus... Good Samaritan Hospital... Hanover Hospital... Hershey Medical Center... Lebanon VA Medical Center... Manchester... MedExpress Urgent Care... Old Memorial Hospital... Rite Aid... WellSpan Health... WellSpan Health ... Wellspan Pediatrics/Wellspan OB/GYN... York Expo Center... and York VA Community Clinic. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 4034 7673 4037 7624 3972 7677 3972 7739 TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 228DEG 38KT 4048 7645 3961 7711 Banghoff
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 28, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Snyder, Sullivan and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 45 min |
| May 29, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 29, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 30 min |
| May 29, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 47 min |
| May 29, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 30 min |
| May 29, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan | 37 min |
| May 29, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 30 min |
| May 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry | 50 min |
| May 29, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 47 min |
| May 29, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 25 min |
| May 29, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 32 min |
| May 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, York | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 34 min |
| May 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 27 min |
| May 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 114 min |
| May 29, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, York | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 42 min |
| May 29, 4:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 115 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 47 min |
| May 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 43 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 37 min |
| May 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 41 min |
| May 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 23 min |
| May 29, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Potter | 37 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 33 min |
| May 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 28 min |
| May 29, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Snyder | 42 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.