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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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
- Jun 4, 2010, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2010, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
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 Jun 4, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 405 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NORTH OF PA EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN BACK SOUTHWARD ON SAT. LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE FRONT LATE SATURDAY...AND PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE ON SUNDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. BY MONDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION... BRINGING COOLER AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... HIGH-CAPE/LOW-MOD SHEAR ENVIRONMENT OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE AREA HAS DEVELOPED FIRST AS EXPECTED. SPC HAS EXPANDED THE SLIGHT RISK TO COVER ALL THE CWA. SWOMCD HAS INDICATED WATCH LIKELIHOOD SOON IN THE SOUTH AND WW254 IS ALREADY UP TO OUR WRN BORDER. THE STORMS IN THE SOUTH WILL MAINLY BE PULSE CELLS WITH WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL POSSIBLE OUT OF THE TALLER CELLS. S/WV MOVING THRU THE UPPER GLKS STILL ON TRACK TO PROVIDE ENHANCEMENT TO THE WEAKER CAPE OVER THE N THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE HIGHER SHEAR IN THE NORTH WILL ALLOW FOR ORGANIZATION INTO MULTI CELLS CLUSTERS WITH BOW ECHOES AND HAIL AS WELL. WITH THE NRN MTS IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE WEAK AND DIFFUSE WARM FRONT THIS COULD ALLOW FOR SLIGHT INCREASE IN LLVL HELICTY AND COULD MAKE A TOR...BUT ONLY A REMOTE POSS THERE. WILL KEEP POPS HIGH DESPITE THE MORE SCT NATURE OF THE STORMS IN THE S...AND MAKE THE POPS A BIT HIGHER /CATG/ IN THE N. WILL LOWER POPS SIG - ESP IN THE S - AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPS WILL BE VERY WARM OVERNIGHT WITH DEWPOINTS STAYING IN THE 60S FOR THE MOST PART...EVEN HANGING AROUND 70F IN THE SE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... MODELS NOW KEEP THE FRONT SOMEWHERE OVERHEAD OR JUST TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE ENTIRE SHORT TERM PD. THIS WILL KEEP US IN THE WARM SECTOR AND THE APPCH AND PASSAGE OF SIGNIFICANT S/WV TROF LATE SAT WILL FIRE MORE TSRA...AND SLIGHT RISK ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION SAT. EXPECT LOWER AVAILABLE ENERGY ON SAT - MAINLY 1000J/KG ON THE TOP END DUE TO CLOUD COVER...BUT MUCH GREATER SHEAR EXPECTED AS THE WAVE ROLLS THRU. HIGH POPS ON ORDER FOR LATER SAT AND ALL SAT NIGHT AS COVG OF THE STORMS WILL BE PRETTY WIDESPREAD. MAXES WILL BE A FEW DEGS F COOLER ON SAT THAN TODAY...AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD COVER. SAT NIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER MUGGY ONE. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... DID UP POPS SOME FOR SUNDAY. STILL A LOT OF SPREAD ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT FOR SUNDAY...AND THE INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SFC LOW. I ALSO DID EDGE UP MAX TEMPS SOME ON SUNDAY. POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ON SUNDAY... GIVEN SUCH STRONG WIND FIELDS FOR EARLY JUNE. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD. A SMALL CHC OF SHOWERS AT MID WEEK...AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA. A WARM UP POSSIBLE TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND. DID NOT MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES TO THE PACKAGE...BUT DID UP TEMPS SOME HERE AND THERE. WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW HOURS LOOKING AT STORMS...SEVERE WATCH 255 IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PA...EXCLUDING THE FAR NORTH...UNTIL 10 PM. MAINLY PULSE STORMS SO FAR. && .AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THIS WEEK...SCT TO NMRS SHRA/TSRA WILL POP UP THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD FROM SW TO NE...WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN LEAD TO TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OF WIDESPREAD VFR TO IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS. IT APPEARS MAJORITY OF ACTION WILL BE IN THE SOUTH...AT LEAST DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND HENCE INCLUDED TEMPO IFR/MVFR FOR KJST...KAOO...AND KMDT. SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE IN THE EVENING...EVENTUALLY TAPERING OVERNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN THERE IS A THREAT FOR MVFR/IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP LATE...AND THEN LIFT AGAIN JUST IN TIME FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA SATURDAY. OUTLOOK... SAT...VFR WITH LOCAL RESTRICTIONS IN SCT SHRA/TSRA. SUN...PROLONGED MVFR/IFR PSBL WEST-CENTRAL SXNS. MON-TUE...MAINLY VFR. WED...VFR WITH LOCAL RESTRICITION IS SCT SHRA/TSRA && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...LAMBERT/MARTIN NEAR TERM...DANGELO SHORT TERM...DANGELO LONG TERM...MARTIN AVIATION...DANGELO/DICKEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 243 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 PAZ004>006-010>012-037-041-042-045-046-051-053-051845- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- MONTOUR-COLUMBIA- 243 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE...BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ017>019-024>028-033>036-049-050-052-056>059-063>066-051845- CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON- MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-UNION-SNYDER- NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS- YORK-LANCASTER- 243 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 255 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DANGELO
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 3, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 13 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 32 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.