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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

April 11, 2021York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2021, 9:03 PM EDT for York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 11, 2021, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Apr 11, 6:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 3:08 AM EDT, 17 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
308 AM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

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051>053-058-120715-
Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield-
Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Somerset-
Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-
Southern Lycoming-Union-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Schuylkill-
308 AM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

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...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ027-028-036-050-056-057-059-063>066-120715-
Mifflin-Juniata-Franklin-Snyder-Perry-Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland-
Adams-York-Lancaster-
308 AM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms with gusty winds
and small hail are possible this afternoon into early evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry15 min
Apr 11, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin17 min
Apr 11, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin13 min
Apr 11, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland35 min
Apr 11, 9:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPAdams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York2 hr
Apr 11, 11:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLancaster2 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.