Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 22, 2002, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2002, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Elk County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
420 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILCOX...OR 3 MILES EAST
  OF KANE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST BRANCH DAM AROUND 430 PM.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS A DAMAGING WIND GUST. EXPECT GUSTS
TO EXCEED 60 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN EASILY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE
SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 3:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
345 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2002

FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING GRADUALLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
NOW SPREADING SHOWERS/TSTORMS INTO NORTHERN PA.  WITH MARGINAL
INSTABILITY AND MARGINAL DYNAMICS...STORMS WILL BEAR WATCHING FOR
POSSIBILITY OF SOME DAMAGING WINDS IN SPOTS THIS EVENING -
ESPECIALLY IF AN ORGANIZED LINE FORMS.

MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL PA LATER TONIGHT
AND EXPECT JUST MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE NORTH LATE.  MODELS
DIVERGING ON HANDLING OF THE FRONTAL POSITION WITH NGM/AVN QUICKLY
MOVING IT THROUGH AND ETA KEEPING CLOUDS AND MOISTURE OVER THE AREA
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  LOOKS LIKE THE ETA MAY BE ON THE RIGHT
TRACK...ALTHOUGH A BIT OVERDONE AND WILL NOT HURRY CLOUDS OUT OF
HERE THIS WEEKEND.

A SERIES OF WAVES WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT FRI/SAT KEEPING A CHANCE
FOR PRECIP IN THE FORECAST.  BY SUNDAY...INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
FRONT WILL FINALLY GET PUSHED THROUGH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
FROM THE NW.  AFTER A SERIES OF DRY DAYS TO START THE WEEK...NEXT
SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE NORTH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FOR THU.

FCSTID = 16
MDT   73  83  66  81 /  70  40  40  40
IPT   66  79  60  77 /  70  20  30  30
BFD   61  74  51  75 /  60  30  30  30
JST   67  76  61  75 /  70  50  50  50
AOO   69  79  61  77 /  70  40  40  40
UNV   67  77  59  76 /  70  30  40  40
SEG   68  80  63  79 /  70  30  40  40
LNS   73  83  64  80 /  70  40  40  40
THV   73  83  64  80 /  70  40  40  40

.CTP...
PA...NONE.

RXR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.