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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 3:15 PM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... RADAR SHOWING BULK OF RAIN ASSOCIATED W/WAA MOVING NORTH OF PA THIS AFTN AS STRENGTHENING SFC LO LIFTS THRU EASTERN OHIO. HOWEVER...CONVECTION DEVELPNG SOUTH OF BAROCLINIC ZONE IN MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF APPROACHING S/WV. COLD FRONT SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LAST ROUND OF SHWRS/TSRA THIS EVENING...THEN UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT BEGINS OVR MTNS LATE TONIGHT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING DEEP MOIST BLYR ASCENDING MTNS DURING SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY FALLING INVERSIONS SUN NITE. EXPECT SEVERAL INCHES TO FALL OVER OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED LAUREL HIGHLANDS/NW MTNS LATE TONIGHT THRU SUN NITE...DESPITE LITTLE CONTRIBUTION FROM LAKES AS 850-LAKE TEMP DIFF ONLY ARND 13C. GREATEST LIFT OCCURRING ARND -6C SUGGESTS SNOW:WATER RATIOS NOT FAR FROM 10:1. WILL ISSUE SNOW/BLOWING SNOW ADV...AS TIGHT PRES GRAD WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS THRU SUN NITE. SCT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL OVR THE MTNS MONDAY. ALTHOUGH MODEL INVERSION HEIGHTS SUGGESTS ADDITIONAL ACCUMS WILL BE LIGHT. 900MB TEMPS ARND -7C SUGGEST HIGHS U20S MTNS TO U30S LOWER SUSQ. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO NR OR BLW NORMAL IN THE EXTENDED FCST AS TROUGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER EASTERN CONUS. LINGERING LE SNOW SHWRS SHOULD TAPER TO FLURRIES OVER MTNS ON TUESDAY AS HI PRES RIDGE BUILDS TOWARD THE AREA. LATEST MREF DATA SUGGEST CLIPPER SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH OF THE STATE ON WED. ANOTHER CLIPPER COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE REGION BY FRI OR SAT. && .AVIATION... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTH THROUGH EASTERN OHIO WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH RAIN THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION WILL RIDE NORTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. ONE IS CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND THIS WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST TAF SITES. THE SECOND IS WITH THE COLD FRONT IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WILL SWEEP NORTH AND AFFECT THE WESTERN TAF SITES THIS EVENING. THIS EVENING...CEILINGS WILL REMAIN IN THE OVC008 TO 0VC015 RANGE IN THE PRECIPITATION AND RISE TO OVC020 IN THE DRY SLOT AND IN BETWEEN RAIN SHOWERS. THE COLD AIR WILL ENTER THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST AS IT WRAPS AROUND THE LOW. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS AROUND 06Z. THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE MOVED NORTH AND EAST SO MAINLY FLURRIES AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE EAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. UPSLOPE AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW SQUALLS AND HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS (KJST AND KBFD). WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 250 DEGREES TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 KTS IN MOST LOCATIONS TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALSO LOWER VISIBILITIES ON BLOWING SNOW. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR PAZ004-005-024-033 FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 1 AM MONDAY. && SHORT TERM...FITZGERALD LONG TERM...FITZGERALD AVIATION...TYBURSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 458 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-051000- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON- CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 458 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG UPSLOPE FLOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A STORM WHICH WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS WILL SET UP EAST OF LAKE ERIE BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING WELL INTO MONDAY. THE BANDS SHOULD BE MOSTLY WEST TO EAST ORIENTED...MEANING THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY STAY NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA/NEW YORK BORDER. HOWEVER...SNOW BANDS MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...PRODUCING SOME ACCUMULATION AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 815 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 PAZ065-066-050245- LANCASTER-YORK- 815 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT YORK AND LANCASTER COUNTIES... AT 812 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CARLISLE TO LAUREL...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FRANKLINTOWN AND HANOVER AROUND 825 PM...WELLSVILLE...THOMASVILLE...SPRING GROVE...DOVER AROUND 835 PM...LEWISBERRY...WEIGELSTOWN...SEVEN VALLEYS...NEW SALEM AROUND 840 PM AND YORK HAVEN AROUND 845 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREE LIMBS...AND PROPEL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. FORECASTER: KL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 911 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 PAZ059-066-050345- LANCASTER-LEBANON- 911 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM... AT 910 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT JOY TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEL AIR SOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MANHEIM...MOUNT GRETNA...ANNVILLE... MILLERSVILLE AROUND 920 PM...CORNWALL...CLEONA...LANCASTER...EAST PETERSBURG AROUND 925 PM...WILLOW STREET AND WAKEFIELD AROUND 930 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS...AND PROPEL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. FORECASTER: KL
The State College radar (KCCX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:27 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in Penn and Manheim Townships. About 4000 customers lost power because of the storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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