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Extreme Cold Warning 5, NWS State College, PA

February 6, 202633 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 6, 2026, 2:03 AM EST for 33 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 7, 2026, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 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: Feb 6, 2026, 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 8, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

All 33 counties

Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Elk County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Potter County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Warren County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Feb 6, 1:41 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:41 AM EST, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 6, 2:03 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CTP	Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton and 12 more	12 hr
Feb 6, 2:03 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield and 21 more	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.