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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS State College, PA

December 23, 2020Somerset County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm watch at Dec 23, 2020, 3:48 AM EST for Somerset County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 24, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2020, 3:48 AM EST (08:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2020, 10:10 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Somerset County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Dec 23, 1:59 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 1:59 AM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 1:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPColumbia4 days
Dec 23, 1:28 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union4 days
Dec 23, 3:02 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCTPCambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter and 1 more52 hr
Dec 23, 5:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan43 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2020Every winter storm watch 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.