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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS State College, PA

November 16, 2006Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2006, 3:51 PM EST for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 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
Nov 16, 2006, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2006, 4:30 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Schuylkill County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 10:44 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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 Nov 16, 3:34 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 3:34 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 5:02 AM EST, 10 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:16 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:23 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
123 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

PAZ006-012-019-037-041-042-045-046-049-051-052-161930-
MONTOUR-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN LYCOMING-NORTHUMBERLAND-POTTER-
SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-TIOGA-
UNION-
123 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRE...CLINTON...LYCOMING...
MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...POTTER...SULLIVAN...TIOGA AND UNION
COUNTIES...

AT 120 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES SOUTH OF
WELLSVILLE TO 28 MILES WEST OF WELLSBORO TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LOCK HAVEN TO 4 MILES EAST OF BELLEFONTE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR REBERSBURG...MILLHEIM...MILL HALL...LYMAN
RUN STATE PARK AROUND 130 PM...SLATE RUN...MACKEYVILLE...LOCK
HAVEN...GALETON AROUND 135 PM...ULYSSES AND WATERVILLE AROUND 140 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 160 AND 216...I-180 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 29.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
15...ROUTE 220...STATE ROAD 14...STATE ROAD 45...STATE ROAD 120.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED ONE INCH IN UNDER 30
MINUTES.

FORECASTER:GRUMM/ONDREJIK
Local storm report, Nov 16, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 16, 3:08 PM EST, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 3:39 PM EST, 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 16, 3:43 PM EST, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 12:40 PM ESTTornado WarningCTPCentre, Clearfield35 min
Nov 16, 12:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPBedford3 hr
Nov 16, 12:46 PM ESTTornado WarningCTPFranklin29 min
Nov 16, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WarningCTPHuntingdon25 min
Nov 16, 12:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPClearfield3 hr
Nov 16, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin, Perry60 min
Nov 16, 1:04 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPBlair, Centre, Fulton, Huntingdon3 hr
Nov 16, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin48 min
Nov 16, 1:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Potter3 hr
Nov 16, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder38 min
Nov 16, 2:07 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPTioga3 hr
Nov 16, 2:23 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York4 hr
Nov 16, 2:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork36 min
Nov 16, 2:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPMontour, Northumberland3 hr
Nov 16, 2:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster57 min
Nov 16, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan25 min
Nov 16, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon31 min
Nov 16, 3:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPSullivan3 hr
Nov 16, 3:35 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPColumbia, Schuylkill3 hr
Nov 16, 3:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPCumberland3 hr
Nov 16, 6:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster3 hr

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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.