Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS State College, PA

Issued

May 28, 2009, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 2009, 5:30 PM EDT

In force

81 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Warren County, PA

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS51 KCTP 282009
SVRCTP
PAC123-282130-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0021.090528T2009Z-090528T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
409 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF SPRING CREEK TO
  11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND VALLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRING CREEK AND GRAND VALLEY AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  LOTTSVILLE AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  GARLAND AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  YOUNGSVILLE AROUND 505 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7913 4199 7912 4174 7921 4165 7962
      4193 7963 4201 7945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 240DEG 22KT 4187 7964 4167 7971

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

000 
WWUS51 KCTP 282030
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
430 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

PAC123-282130-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090528T2130Z/
WARREN PA-
430 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY...

AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOTTSVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST
OF GARLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4194 7951 4201 7936 4200 7913 4199 7912
      4193 7914 4171 7962 4181 7963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 238DEG 24KT 4191 7947 4175 7962

$$

FORECASTER: LA CORTE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.