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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2021, 6:16 PM EDT for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 28, 2021, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Somerset County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 Jun 28, 5:24 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 5:24 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
616 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021
PAZ033-282245-
Somerset PA-
616 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
EDT...
At 614 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Berlin and Salisbury, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible. Winds this strong can blow
down large branches and upset loose outdoor objects.
Additional locations impacted include...
Meyersdale, Garrett, Indian Lake, Shanksville, Wellersburg, New
Baltimore, Callimont and the Flight 93 National Memorial.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 7918 4010 7893 4007 7875 4006 7876
3983 7875 3972 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 227DEG 12KT 3987 7897
DangeloThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 47 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.