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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

September 15, 2021Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Sep 15, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 15, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Dauphin County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 15, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 5:42 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:54 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 15, 6:16 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 6:28 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 6:40 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Sep 15, 6:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren42 min
Sep 15, 1:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan49 min
Sep 15, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre33 min
Sep 15, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre31 min
Sep 15, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan42 min
Sep 15, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming, Sullivan2 hr
Sep 15, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton31 min
Sep 15, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan66 min
Sep 15, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPUnion30 min
Sep 15, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan44 min
Sep 15, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union36 min
Sep 15, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPUnion17 min
Sep 15, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin40 min
Sep 15, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland, Union36 min
Sep 15, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon30 min
Sep 15, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder35 min
Sep 15, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Montour31 min
Sep 15, 4:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming, Sullivan2 hr
Sep 15, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Sullivan3 hr
Sep 15, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia27 min
Sep 15, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry33 min
Sep 15, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Northumberland24 min
Sep 15, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin, Perry32 min
Sep 15, 4:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPMontour, Northumberland89 min
Sep 15, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPNorthumberland32 min
Sep 15, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry31 min
Sep 15, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry30 min
Sep 15, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin26 min
Sep 15, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin28 min
Sep 15, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill23 min
Sep 15, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLebanon36 min
Sep 15, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork29 min
Sep 15, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill43 min
Sep 15, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Franklin27 min
Sep 15, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBerks21 min
Sep 15, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPDauphin, York96 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.