Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jul 7, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Snyder County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 12 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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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

857 
WUUS51 KCTP 072050
SVRCTP
PAC027-033-035-061-087-109-072145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0098.120707T2050Z-120707T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
450 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN MIFFLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL SNYDER COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  SNOW SHOE TO PINE GLEN TO CLEARFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
  THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JEFFRIES...
  SNOW SHOE AND MOSHANNON...
  PHILIPSBURG AND OSCEOLA MILLS...
  SANDY RIDGE AND BLACK MOSHANNON STATE PARK...
  ZION AND MILESBURG...
  PORT MATILDA AND BELLEFONTE...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 165...I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57
AND 85.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

MOVE INSIDE A PERMANENT BUILDING NOW TO BE SAFE FROM STRONG WIND 
GUSTS AND 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT 
THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4108 7777 4087 7746 4085 7736 4081 7736
      4082 7732 4075 7724 4064 7745 4055 7792
      4072 7815 4074 7812 4074 7818 4103 7860
      4114 7844 4122 7814 4122 7809 4124 7807
      4127 7798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 310DEG 29KT 4105 7782 4111 7801
          4099 7839

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

339 
WWUS51 KCTP 072114
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
514 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

PAC033-035-072124-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120707T2145Z/
CLEARFIELD PA-CLINTON PA-
514 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CLINTON AND
EASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4094 7817 4095 7814 4094 7812 4098 7804
      4105 7775 4087 7746 4085 7737 4081 7736
      4082 7732 4075 7724 4064 7746 4061 7761
      4061 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 312DEG 33KT 4085 7745 4087 7766
          4087 7795

$$

PAC027-061-087-109-072145-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120707T2145Z/
HUNTINGDON PA-MIFFLIN PA-SNYDER PA-CENTRE PA-
514 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CENTRE...WEST CENTRAL SNYDER...NORTHEASTERN MIFFLIN AND
NORTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH
DIAMETER HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POE VALLEY STATE PARK TO
BELLEFONTE TO BLACK MOSHANNON STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PARK FOREST...
  SNYDER-MIDDLESWARTH STATE PARK AND STATE COLLEGE...
  POTTERS MILLS AND BOALSBURG...
  SEVEN MOUNTAINS AND REEDS GAP STATE PARK...
  MILROY AND BELLTOWN...
  ALFARATA AND REEDSVILLE...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4094 7817 4095 7814 4094 7812 4098 7804
      4105 7775 4087 7746 4085 7737 4081 7736
      4082 7732 4075 7724 4064 7746 4061 7761
      4061 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 312DEG 33KT 4085 7745 4087 7766
          4087 7795

$$

FORECASTER:

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.