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Lake Effect Snow Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

November 16, 2025Elk County, McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this lake effect snow warning at Nov 16, 2025, 5:17 AM EST for Elk County, McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 16, 2025, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 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
Nov 16, 2025, 5:17 AM EST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2025, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 17, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

Counties Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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 lake effect snow 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Nov 15, 5:56 PM EST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:56 PM EST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 12:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCTPElk, McKean, Warren5 hr
Nov 16, 12:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCTPCameron, Clearfield, Potter37 hr
Nov 16, 3:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre45 min

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2025Every lake effect snow warning in 2025

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.