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Frost Advisory 4, NWS State College, PA

May 2, 202615 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this frost advisory at May 2, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT for 15 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT (16:14 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 3, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

Counties Adams County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at May 1, 3:00 PM EDT, 21 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:00 PM EDT, 21 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:41 PM EDT, 18 hours 33 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
May 2, 12:14 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more	21 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2026 Every frost advisory in 2026

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.