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Snow Squall Warning 22, NWS State College, PA

March 10, 2024Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this snow squall warning at Mar 10, 2024, 7:51 AM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2024, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-03-10Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Mar 10, 5:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 5:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

PAZ006-011-012-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-057>059-066-110845-
Potter-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-
Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-
Northumberland-Columbia-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Lancaster-
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ018-019-025>028-034>036-056-063>065-110845-
Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-
Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Perry-Cumberland-Adams-York-
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ017-024-033-110845-
Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset-
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Wind Advisory.
   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

PAZ004-110845-
Warren-
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today 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...Monday through Saturday.

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.

PAZ005-010-110845-
McKean-Elk-
435 AM EDT Sun Mar 10 2024

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today 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...Monday through Saturday.

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...

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
Mar 10, 1:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCTPHuntingdon6 hr
Mar 10, 8:19 AM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPCentre21 min
Mar 10, 10:22 AM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPClearfield23 min
Mar 10, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming62 min
Mar 10, 11:49 AM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPBlair, Centre26 min
Mar 10, 12:08 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPBlair, Cambria52 min
Mar 10, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair, Cambria, Huntingdon25 min
Mar 10, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland23 min
Mar 10, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield38 min
Mar 10, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre25 min
Mar 10, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre23 min
Mar 10, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair, Cambria, Huntingdon28 min
Mar 10, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair30 min
Mar 10, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Somerset67 min
Mar 10, 5:54 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPCentre, Clinton, Union51 min
Mar 10, 6:14 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPBlair, Cambria46 min
Mar 10, 6:45 PM EDTSnow Squall WarningCTPClinton60 min
Mar 10, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria89 min
Mar 10, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton, McKean67 min
Mar 10, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Somerset44 min

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.