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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS State College, PA

July 23, 20136 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2013, 6:28 PM EDT for 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 23, 2013, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 23, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

PAZ006-011-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-242015-
POTTER-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-
BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-
SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-
LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-242015-
WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET-
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS FROM ANY STORMS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEVOIR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York89 min
Jul 22, 9:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPAdams, York3 hr
Jul 22, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster56 min
Jul 22, 10:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York4 hr
Jul 22, 10:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPSullivan82 min
Jul 22, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster28 min
Jul 23, 12:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCTPLebanon106 min
Jul 23, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren46 min
Jul 23, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren66 min
Jul 23, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield, Elk, McKean, Warren66 min
Jul 23, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

Sources

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