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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2017, 8:21 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2017, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Sullivan County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
714
WWUS81 KCTP 200021
SPSCTP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
821 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017
PAZ042-200045-
Sullivan PA-
821 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SULLIVAN COUNTY UNTIL
845 PM EDT...
At 821 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Ricketts Glen State Park, moving east at 40 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph are possible.
Locations impacted include...
Ricketts Glen State Park and Dushore.
LAT...LON 4132 7631 4131 7631 4131 7636 4156 7641
4154 7623 4152 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 259DEG 36KT 4143 7627
$$
RXRThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 57 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.