Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 14, 2012, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Juniata County, PA, Snyder County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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900 
WUUS51 KCTP 150038
SVRCTP
PAC067-109-150115-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0201.120815T0038Z-120815T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
838 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JUNIATA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR MIFFLINTOWN...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCALISTERVILLE...
  RICHFIELD AND FREMONT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE
322/22...ROUTE 522.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGE. MOVE INSIDE A PERMANENT BUILDING
NOW TO BE SAFE FROM LARGE HAIL.

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 4051 7745 4062 7747 4063 7746 4080 7697
      4064 7693 4061 7702 4058 7718 4056 7717
      4055 7718 4053 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 260DEG 16KT 4063 7737

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

886 
WWUS51 KCTP 150053
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
853 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

PAC067-109-150115-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-120815T0115Z/
JUNIATA PA-SNYDER PA-
853 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SNYDER AND JUNIATA COUNTIES...

AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
MCALISTERVILLE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 
MPH.

LOCATIONS INCLUDED THE WARNING INCLUDE...

  MCALISTERVILLE...RICHFIELD...FREMONT...MEISERVILLE AND
  THOMPSONTOWN.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11/15 NEAR THE
JUNIATA SNYDER COUNTY LINE...ROUTE 322/22 FROM NEAR MIFFLINTOWN TO
EAST OF THOMPSONTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4051 7745 4062 7747 4063 7746 4080 7697
      4064 7693 4061 7702 4058 7718 4056 7717
      4055 7718 4053 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 260DEG 16KT 4062 7729

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.