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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS State College, PA

August 4, 2017Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2017, 8:36 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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: Aug 4, 2017, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2017, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cumberland County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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
Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:09 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:10 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
810 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLAIN                   40.34N  77.51W
08/04/2017                   PERRY              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR BLAIN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1701342

EVANEGO

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:11 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
811 PM EDT FRI AUG 04 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0738 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ICKESBURG               40.49N  77.29W
08/04/2017                   PERRY              PA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR ICKESBURG.

&&

EVENT NUMBER CTP1701343

EVANEGO

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 8:19 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and 3 more	78 min
Aug 4, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Union	74 min
Aug 4, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	41 min
Aug 4, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	50 min
Aug 4, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	33 min
Aug 4, 9:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin, Fulton	37 min
Aug 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	60 min
Aug 4, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, York	60 min
Aug 4, 9:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Perry	3 hr
Aug 4, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Franklin, York	52 min
Aug 4, 10:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin	3 hr
Aug 4, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill	92 min
Aug 4, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	87 min
Aug 4, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, York	85 min
Aug 4, 10:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, York	3 hr
Aug 4, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	85 min
Aug 5, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	27 min
Aug 5, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Cumberland	3 hr
Aug 5, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	56 min
Aug 5, 9:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Lancaster	3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.