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Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS State College, PA

December 14, 202220 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2022, 3:53 PM EST for 20 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 15, 2022, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2022, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2022, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 15, 2022, 10:13 PM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-12-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-12-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 14, 3:22 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:22 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 3:32 PM EST, 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-152045-
Franklin-Perry-Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ006-011-012-037-041-042-152045-
Potter-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ024-033-152045-
Cambria-Somerset-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Ice Storm Warning.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Ice Storm Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ045-046-049>053-058-152045-
Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-
Northumberland-Columbia-Schuylkill-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ004-005-010-152045-
Warren-McKean-Elk-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ017>019-025>028-034-035-152045-
Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-
Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-
332 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST
FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

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

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to
weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more
information about the following hazards.

   Winter Storm Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 4:17 AM ESTIce Storm WarningCTPCambria, Somerset38 hr
Dec 14, 4:17 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more56 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.