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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Oct 21, 2021, 9:13 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2021, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Cambria County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Northern Cambria, PA | MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN SUSQUEHANNA TWP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
037
WWUS81 KCTP 220113
SPSCTP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
913 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
PAZ017-024-220200-
Clearfield PA-Cambria PA-
913 PM EDT Thu Oct 21 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CLEARFIELD AND
NORTHEASTERN CAMBRIA COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT...
At 913 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Northern Cambria, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Northern Cambria, Patton, Hastings, Carrolltown, Blandburg, Prince
Gallitzin State Park, Irvona, Coalport, Ramey, Westover, Burnside,
Chest Springs, Glen Hope and New Washington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4069 7882 4072 7880 4080 7881 4084 7871
4088 7838 4069 7837 4065 7841 4064 7844
4060 7844 4058 7846 4056 7888
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 254DEG 44KT 4071 7882
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 42 min |
| Oct 21, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 36 min |
| Oct 21, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair | 38 min |
| Oct 21, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.