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Snow Squall Warning 41, NWS State College, PA

January 22, 2026Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this snow squall warning at Jan 22, 2026, 7:36 AM EST for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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
Jan 22, 2026, 7:36 AM EST (12:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2026, 8:30 AM EST
In force
54 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 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2026-01-22Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2026-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 2:06 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more32 hr
Jan 22, 7:26 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPCameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter49 min
Jan 22, 9:00 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningCTPTioga29 min
Jan 22, 12:09 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 25 more46 hr
Jan 22, 12:09 PM ESTExtreme Cold WatchCTPCambria, Somerset15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.