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High Wind Watch 2, NWS State College, PA

March 30, 20237 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2023, 3:26 AM EDT for 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2023, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2023, 3:22 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Somerset County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 30, 2:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 12:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair, Cambria, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Tioga57 min
Mar 29, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland and 4 more54 min

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Pennsylvania, 2023Every high wind watch in 2023

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.