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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

May 26, 2021Mifflin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 7:32 PM EDT for Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 26, 2021, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Mifflin County, PA

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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Mixed-layer CAPE: 478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 May 26, 6:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
600 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033>036-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-
063>066-272200-
Northern Clinton-Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-
Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-
Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-
Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-
Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster-
600 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 205 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...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...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ004>006-010-011-037-272200-
Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Tioga-
600 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:14 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:22 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
732 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

PAZ027-262345-
Mifflin PA-
732 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF MIFFLIN COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM EDT...

At 731 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Allensville, moving east at 50 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lewistown, Belleville, Highland Park, Strodes Mills, Juniata Terrace,
Allensville, Maitland, McVeytown and Longfellow.

LAT...LON 4049 7783 4050 7781 4055 7784 4060 7780
      4063 7746 4061 7750 4058 7750 4051 7761
      4049 7761 4045 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 274DEG 43KT 4054 7779

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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
May 26, 12:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	52 min
May 26, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	41 min
May 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata	45 min
May 26, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	23 min
May 26, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	49 min
May 26, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Perry, Snyder	44 min
May 26, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan	39 min
May 26, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and 1 more	57 min
May 26, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Perry	50 min
May 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder	20 min
May 26, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Perry	51 min
May 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	82 min
May 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams	44 min
May 26, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon	54 min
May 26, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster, York	27 min
May 26, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	23 min
May 26, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	43 min
May 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	30 min
May 26, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	28 min
May 26, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, York	43 min
May 26, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	16 min
May 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	23 min
May 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	32 min
May 26, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria	15 min
May 26, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	25 min
May 26, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair	37 min
May 26, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	36 min
May 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	23 min
May 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.