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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS State College, PA

July 14, 2004Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2004, 2:29 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 14, 2004, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2004, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dauphin County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 10:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 6:06 AM EDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
606 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-151005-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
606 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER LAKE HURON THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT
EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF OVER AN INCH IN A 30 TO 60 MINUTE
PERIOD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS
ALONG SMALL STREAMS...ON ROADS...AND THROUGHOUT POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

LAMBERT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1148 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

PAZ010-141630-
ELK-
1148 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ELK COUNTY...

AT 1144 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF RIDGWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR RIDGWAY AROUND 1210
PM...JOHNSONBURG AROUND 1215 PM...WILCOX AROUND 1220 PM...EAST
BRANCH DAM AND ST. MARYS AROUND 1225 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
ADDITIONALLY...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE PRESENT IN THIS
THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THE STORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID
PLUMING AND ELECTRICAL ITEMS IN YOUR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ONDREJIK

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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
Jul 14, 5:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	73 min
Jul 14, 8:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron	32 min
Jul 14, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Elk	52 min
Jul 14, 12:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	60 min
Jul 14, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	40 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre	43 min
Jul 14, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Perry	24 min
Jul 14, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams	52 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Dauphin	4 hr
Jul 14, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	York	62 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Lebanon	46 min
Jul 14, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	York	41 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	65 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	31 min
Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	65 min
Jul 14, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Lancaster	4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.