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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2022, 4:17 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 4, 2022, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2022, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Adams County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 Aug 4, 3:33 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:33 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-037-041-042-050845- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Cambria-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ019-025>028-045-046-049>052-056>058-063-050845- Southern Centre-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Southern Clinton- Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Perry-Dauphin- Schuylkill-Cumberland- 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The heat index will approach 100 in the valleys and urban areas today. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ053-059-050845- Columbia-Lebanon- 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ064>066-050845- Adams-York-Lancaster- 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Locally heavy rain is possible Friday afternoon and evening, which could result in localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ033>036-050845- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin- 438 AM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Locally heavy rain is possible Friday afternoon and evening, which could result in localized flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon, Mifflin | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Fulton | 118 min |
| Aug 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cambria | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, York | 2 hr |
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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.