Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS State College, PA

050 
WWUS51 KCTP 300548
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
148 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

PAC105-300600-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-110530T0600Z/
POTTER PA-
148 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY...

AT 145 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR LYMAN RUN STATE PARK...OR 25 MILES WEST OF WELLSBORO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GALETON AROUND 155 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 4181 7761 4155 7760 4176 7821 4192 7821
      4196 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 293DEG 36KT 4169 7775

$$

FORECASTER: LA CORTE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1040 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED ALONG THE APPALACHIAN SPINE
WILL BRING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A COLD
FRONT WILL BRING A RETURN TO SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES FOR LATER IN
THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
CONVECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE MCS HAS DISSIPATED RAPIDLY...
REMOVING THE POTENTIAL TO MIX DOWN HIGHER MOMENTUM WINDS ALOFT.
KEPT TWO COUNTIES IN THE WATCH THROUGH 100 AM WITH ONGOING STORMS
THERE. THESE SHOULD CLEAR OUT IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH JUST
LIGHT SHOWERS BEHIND THROUGH THE WEE HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE WARM AND MUGGY AND WILL LKLY NOT GET MUCH
BELOW 70F IN THE LOWER SUSQ VLY METRO AREAS. THE HIGH DEWPOINTS
AND NEARLY CALM SFC WINDS SUGGEST FOG/HAZE FORMATION TWD
DAYBREAK..BUT THIS COULD BE MITIGATED BY MID-HIGH CLOUDS ASSOC
WITH DISSIPATING CONVECTIVE SYS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
MEMORIAL DAY LOOKS TO START THE TRADITIONAL SUMMER OFF WITH SOME
HAZY-HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. HIGHS WILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S TO
LOWER 90S OVER MOST OF THE REGION...WITH 65-70F DEWPOINTS MAKING
IT FEEL EVEN WARMER. WHILE HEAT ADVISORIES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS POINT...APPARENT TEMPS/HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE WELL INTO
THE 90S ACRS THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA AND MAY APPROACH 100F IN THE
SUSQ VLY DURG THE AFTERNOON. HWO NOTES HEAT RELATED PRECAUTIONS
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO MITIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY.

WARM MID-LVL/700MB TEMPS OF +10C ARE USUALLY A GOOD PROXY FOR A
CAPPING INVERSION...WHICH SHOULD ULTIMATELY KEEP A LID ON ANY
POTENTIAL CONVECTION. HOWEVER THE EXCEPTION COULD BE ON THE EDGE
OF THE CAP ACRS THE FAR NE ZONES /NE OF IPT/ AS A VORT LOBE
ROTATES SEWD DOWN THE FRONT-SIDE OF THE RIDGE. MEAN POP BLEND
RESULTED IN SOME SCHC/S FOR THE AFTN BUT OVERALL EXPECT A DRY AND
UNSEASONABLY WARM MEMORIAL DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH
CLIMATE RECORDS FOR HARRISBURG AND WILLIAMSPORT /SEE CLIMATE
SECTION BELOW/.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
TUESDAY WILL BE ANOTHER SCORCHER WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM NEAR 90
TO THE MID 90S AS LARGE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE WITH 850MB TEMPS
AROUND 20C. MID LEVEL TEMPS REMAIN WARM AS WELL WHICH WILL KEEP
CAP IN PLACE AND BRING VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF RAIN.

UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS BY MID WEEK AS SHORTWAVE RIPPLES ACROSS SRN
CANADA...NUDGING A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH
SCATTERED TSTORMS. WED TEMPS WILL STILL BE QUITE WARM...WITH THE
TREND FOR LATE WEEK BACK TOWARD SEASONAL NORMALS. THIS WILL ALSO
BRING RELIEF FROM THE HUMIDITY FOR LATE WEEK.

RIDGE RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH A WEAK
WARM FRONT EDGING NORTHWARD AS WEAK SHORTWAVE SLIDES THROUGH THE
UPPER FLOW...BRINGING LOW CHANCE FOR A TSTORM FRI INTO SAT. TEMPS
WARM BACK UP SEVERAL DEGREES...BUT IT WILL NOT GET AS HOT AS MON-
TUE AS 850MB TEMPS...THOUGH WARMER AGAIN...REMAIN A FEW DEGREES
COOLER THAN MEMORIAL DAY.

&&

.AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE MAIN AVN WX CONCERN IS WITH THE SEVERE MCS CURRENTLY MOVG
ACRS LAKE ERIE. MDL DATA SUGGESTS THIS CONVECTIVE SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY AND MOVE ACRS NRN PA THIS EVE.
SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM SUGGESTS IT COULD BE EAST OF THE ENTIRE
REGION BY ARND MIDNIGHT. ADDNL TSTMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AHEAD OF MCS
ON THE SRN FRINGES OF LAKE ERIE IN NRN OH AND NW PA. WILL MENTION
A PERIOD OF REDUCED GUSTY WINDS AND VSBYS/CIGS BTWN 02Z-03Z AT
BFD...BUT A MORE AGGRESSIVE TAF MAY BE NEEDED IF APPROACHING LINE
OF TSTMS HOLDS TOGETHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. UNV AND IPT
COULD ALSO POTENTIALLY BE AFFECTED BY LINE OF TSTMS IN THE 03Z-04Z
TIMEFRAME.

IN WAKE OF MCS...HIGH LOW LVL MSTR/DEWPTS...M/CLR SKIES AND NEARLY CALM
SFC WNDS SHOULD RESULT IN MVFR BR/HZ RESTRICTIONS OVR PARTS OF
THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.

VERY WARM MID LVL TEMPERATURES SHOULD PROVIDE A CAPPING INVERSION
AND MAINTAIN DRY WX IN PA THRU TUE. ASIDE FROM SOME MRNG
FOG...PREVAILING CONDS SHOULD BE VFR. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA AROUND MID-WEEK ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND TSTMS
AND LCL RESTRICTIONS.

OUTLOOK...
TUE...NO SIG WX EXPECTED.
WED...TSRA POSSIBLE.
THU...NO SIG WX EXPECTED.
FRI...TSRA POSSIBLE.

&&

.CLIMATE...
HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY /MAY 30-31/ ARE FORECAST
TO APPROACH RECORD LEVELS AT OUR OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES MDT/IPT.
THE RECORD HIGHS FOR THESE DATES AT MDT ARE 95 (1895) AND 97
(1939)...AND 96 (1895) AND 93 (1939) AT IPT RESPECTIVELY.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...STEINBUGL
NEAR TERM...DEVOIR/STEINBUGL
SHORT TERM...LA CORTE/RXR/STEINBUGL
LONG TERM...RXR
AVIATION...FITZGERALD
CLIMATE...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1149 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

PAZ027-028-036-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-310400-
MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-
NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-
ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
1149 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...ACCOMPANIED
BY THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>026-033>035-310400-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-
NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET-
BEDFORD-FULTON-
1149 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1102 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

PAZ006-037-300330-
POTTER PA-TIOGA PA-
1102 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND
NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTIES...

AT 1057 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 19
MILES NORTH OF YOUNG HICKORY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF GALETON...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS
WILL BE NEAR KNOXVILLE AROUND 1110 PM...WELLSBORO AROUND 1120 PM AND
TIOGA AROUND 1130 PM.

LAT...LON 4175 7696 4173 7769 4200 7769 4200 7696

FORECASTER:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1136 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

PAZ037-300345-
TIOGA PA-
1136 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TIOGA
COUNTY...

AT 1130 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22
MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ELMIRA TO ROSEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4199 7692 4179 7689 4179 7706 4201 7706
      4200 7693

FORECASTER:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1232 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

PAZ005-006-300515-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-
1232 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MCKEAN AND NORTHWESTERN
POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 1229 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF BRADFORD...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR REW AROUND 1240 AM...ELDRED AROUND 1250 AM
AND SHINGLEHOUSE AROUND 110 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 219...STATE ROAD
446.

LAT...LON 4200 7792 4188 7789 4187 7876 4200 7880

FORECASTER: MARTIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
102 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

PAZ005-006-300545-
MCKEAN PA-POTTER PA-
102 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MCKEAN AND NORTHERN
POTTER COUNTIES...

AT 1258 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CORYVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SHINGLEHOUSE AROUND 110 AM...OSWAYO AROUND
130 AM...GENESEE AROUND 140 AM AND ULYSSES AROUND 150 AM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...STATE ROAD
446...STATE ROAD 449.

LAT...LON 4200 7771 4163 7768 4178 7841 4200 7846

FORECASTER: MARTIN