An arctic airmass combined with gusty winds resulted in frigid temperatures and dangerous wind chills across central Pennsylvania.
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The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
An arctic airmass combined with gusty winds resulted in frigid temperatures and dangerous wind chills across central Pennsylvania.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 13, 2:16 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 216 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 .SYNOPSIS... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL PA EARLY THIS AM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON AND RESULT IN STRONG/GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL MAKE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT AND UPSLOPE SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE STATE LATE IN THE WEEKEND...THEN A STRENGTHENING STORM WILL LIFT UP THE EAST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING/... RADAR AT 07Z SHOWING SCT SHSN ACCOMPANYING ARRIVAL OF ARCTIC AIR MASS ACROSS THE CENTRAL MTNS. PASSAGE OF MID LVL SHORTWAVE AND ARRIVAL OF LOW PWAT AIR MASS SHOULD CAUSE SNOW SHOWERS TO DISSIPATE OVR MOST OF CENTRAL PA BY ARND 09Z...WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMS EXPECTED BASED ON LATEST MDL OUTPUT. BY DAWN...EXPECT THE ONLY REMAINING SNOW SHOWERS TO BE FALLING OVR THE LAUREL HIGHLAND ASSOC WITH LK HURON CONNECTION AND ALSO ACROSS THE SNOWBELT OF NW WARREN CO. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE TO OVERNIGHT TEMPS...WITH READINGS BY DAWN EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ARND ZERO OVR THE NW MTNS...TO THE MTEENS ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY. THE PLUMMETING TEMPS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY NW WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT...SHOULD CREATE WCHILLS NR 20 BLW ZERO ACROSS THE N MTNS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS BY 12Z. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/... ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL POUR INTO THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY NW WINDS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS AT LEAST THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MTNS. ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY OUTSIDE OF THE PREVIOUS WIND CHILL FLAGGED AREAS WHERE CHILLS WON/T MEET CRITERIA...BUT WINDS WILL GUSTS AROUND 40KT AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE'LL SEE THE COLDEST DAYTIME TEMPS SINCE LAST WINTER TOMORROW. GEFS MEAN 8H TEMPS BTWN -22F AND -25F SHOULD SUPPORT HIGH TEMPS SATURDAY ONLY AROUND ZERO ACROSS THE NW MTNS...TO THE LOWER AND MID TEENS IN THE SE. LK HURON CONNECTION SHOULD SHOULD FOCUS THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NW WARREN CO AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO SEEMS LIKELY BASED ON NCAR MESOSCALE ENSEMBLE. LOSING CONFIDENCE IN LES WARNING/ADVISORIES ACROSS THE NW MTNS FOR SATURDAY. BONE DRY ARCTIC AIR MASS FLOWING OVR THE LAKES WILL LIMIT SNOW POTENTIAL OUTSIDE OF LK HURON PLUME AND LATEST MDL QPF SUPPORTS THIS SCENARIO WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMS INDICATED ACROSS WARREN/MCKEAN COS. LATEST SPC SSEO INDICATES ALMOST NO CHC OF 3 INCH AMTS ACROSS THE NW MTNS AND NCAR MEAN SNOWFALL SATURDAY ONLY AN INCH OR LESS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... *IMPACT WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS: FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR VALENTINES WEEKEND. POTENTIAL WINTER STORM EARLY NEXT WEEK. POLAR VORTEX DIVING INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL DELIVER THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WITH ARCTIC BLAST INTO CENTRAL PA LATE SAT-SUN. THE GLOBAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLES KEEP A MEAN TROUGH IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN US INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SEVERAL REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR MOVING THROUGH THE MEAN TROF POSITION. THE MOST NOTABLE FEATURE DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING UP THE EAST COAST ON TUESDAY. THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED WEST WITH THE LOW TRACK...BUT THERE IS STILL A DECENT SPREAD. AT THIS TIME PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM APPEARS LIKELY MON-TUE BUT THE TRACK WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE PRECIPITATION TYPE. NEXT WEEK SHOULD END ON A MILDER NOTE. THE COLDEST TEMPS/WCHILLS EXPECTED SAT NIGHT OVR THE AREA...AS 8H TEMP ANOMALIES OF NEAR 3SD BLW CLIMO GRAZE THE AREA. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ARND ZERO IN THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY TO -10F IN THE NORTHWEST MTNS. THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS /-10 TO -25 BELOW ZERO/ WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. THE MODEL SPREAD HAS NARROWED A BIT CONCERNING A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SYSTEM IMPACTING THE MID ATLC/NORTHEAST NEXT MON-TUE. LATEST GEFS AND ECENS INDICATING A SFC LOW TRACK ACROSS EASTERN PA IS MOST LIKELY...WHICH WOULD FAVOR RAIN ACROSS ALL BUT PERHAPS THE W MTNS. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW ON PTYPES ACROSS WESTERN PA...BUT NOW DEFINITELY FAVORS RAIN ACROSS THE EAST. ALL THE MODELS ARE SIGNALING A SIGNIFICANT QPF EVENT...AND THEREFORE HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THE LKLY RANGE FOR MON NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A MODERATING TREND IS EXPECTED LATER NEXT WEEK...AS HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO RISE AND A PSBL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TO THE WEST OF PA. && .AVIATION /07Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SQUALL CONTINUES TO ADVANCE ACROSS CENTRAL PA. HOWEVER THE LATEST MODELS AND ANALYSIS SHOWS IT IS SPLINTERING AND WEAKENING AS IT MAKES ITS WAY INLAND. DOWNSLOPE FLOW KICKS IN LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IN MOST PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL RIDGE AND VALLEY REGION...THOUGH IN THE LINEAR BAND OF SNOW EXPECT REDUCED CIGS AND VSBYS. THE WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SEE RESTRICTIONS IN SNOW SHOWERS/BLOWING SNOW/UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE WEEKEND. OUTLOOK... SAT...WINDY. SHSN/REDUCED VIS POSS W MTNS...MAINLY AM. SUN...NO SIG WX EXPECTED. MON...PM SNOW POSSIBLE. MON NIGHT AND TUE...SNOW LIKELY NW HALF OF PENN...WITH RAIN OR SNOW IN THE SE. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY FOR PAZ004>006-037- 041-042. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PAZ010-017-024-033. WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY FOR PAZ010>012-017- 018-024-033. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PAZ019-025>028- 034>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066. WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY FOR PAZ019-025>028-034>036-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PAZ005. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR PAZ004. && SYNOPSIS...DANGELO/FITZGERALD NEAR TERM...FITZGERALD SHORT TERM...FITZGERALD/LAMBERT LONG TERM...FITZGERALD/GARTNER AVIATION...LAMBERT/CERU
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 PAZ019-025>028-034>036-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-131900- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ006-037-041-042-131900- POTTER-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ005-131900- MCKEAN- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. WIND CHILL WARNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE BANDS OF SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. FREQUENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OF VARYING INTENSITY WILL FOLLOW FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. WIND CHILL WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ010-017-024-033-131900- ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS OF VARYING INTENSITY WILL FOLLOW FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH UP TO A FEW INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ004-131900- WARREN- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. WIND CHILL WARNING. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE LINES OF SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. PERSISTENT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OF VARYING INTENSITY WILL FOLLOW FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT...AND LOCALLY HEAVY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. WIND CHILL WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ011-012-018-131900- CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE- 146 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. IN ADDITION...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED SNOW SQUALLS. POOR VISIBILITY AND A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. LAMBERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1041 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016
PAZ010>012-017>019-045-130515-
SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-CLEARFIELD PA-CAMERON PA-
ELK PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
1041 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT CAMERON...EASTERN ELK...CLEARFIELD...
CENTRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EST.
* AT 1038 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
EMPORIUM TO NEAR PENFIELD TO NEAR REYNOLDSVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.
THIS SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
CAMERON AND EMPORIUM AROUND 1045 PM EST.
CLEARFIELD AROUND 1105 PM EST.
CURWENSVILLE AROUND 1110 PM EST.
LECONTES MILLS...WESTPORT AND KEATING AROUND 1115 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SQUALL INCLUDE LUMBER CITY...
BRISBIN...KYLERTOWN...ORVISTON AND TROUTVILLE.
FOR THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80...THIS INCLUDES AREAS BETWEEN THE
DUBOIS AND LAMAR EXITS...SPECIFICALLY FROM MILE MARKERS 97 TO 172.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
INTERSTATE 99 FROM MILE MARKERS 56 TO 85.
INTERSTATE 180
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS SQUALL.
USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS SNOW
SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.
LAT...LON 4151 7809 4148 7805 4148 7801 4119 7734
4094 7764 4072 7804 4074 7815 4097 7880
4113 7880 4120 7877 4120 7871 4123 7871
4123 7874 4127 7874 4132 7886 4162 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 299DEG 31KT 4149 7821 4124 7865 4103 7889
CERU
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1043 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016
PAZ010>012-017>019-045-130515-
SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-CLEARFIELD PA-CAMERON PA-
ELK PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-
1043 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT CAMERON...EASTERN ELK...CLEARFIELD...
CENTRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTIES...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EST.
* AT 1038 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR EMPORIUM TO NEAR PENFIELD TO NEAR REYNOLDSVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL.
THIS SQUALL WILL BE NEAR... CAMERON AND EMPORIUM AROUND 1045 PM EST.
CLEARFIELD AROUND 1105 PM EST.
CURWENSVILLE AROUND 1110 PM EST.
LECONTES MILLS...WESTPORT AND KEATING AROUND 1115 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SQUALL INCLUDE LUMBER CITY...
BRISBIN...KYLERTOWN...ORVISTON AND TROUTVILLE.
FOR THOSE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80...THIS INCLUDES AREAS BETWEEN THE
DUBOIS AND LAMAR EXITS...SPECIFICALLY FROM MILE MARKERS 97 TO 172.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... INTERSTATE 99 FROM MILE
MARKERS 56 TO 85.
INTERSTATE 180
VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN
THIS SQUALL.
USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS SNOW
SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.
LAT...LON 4151 7809 4148 7805 4148 7801 4119 7734
4094 7764 4072 7804 4074 7815 4097 7880
4113 7880 4120 7877 4120 7871 4123 7871
4123 7874 4127 7874 4132 7886 4162 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 299DEG 31KT 4149 7821 4124 7865 4103 7889
CERUThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
Observed minimum wind chill values ranged between -25 F to -35 F.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 614099, 614100, 614101, 614102, 614103, 614104.