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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS State College, PA

May 28, 2019Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 10:50 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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: May 28, 2019, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 11:24 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bedford County, PA

The radar

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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 May 28, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:09 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 9:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:06 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:10 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:23 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 28, 10:24 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:47 PM EDT, 3 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
May 28, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	49 min
May 28, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	33 min
May 28, 10:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria	3 hr
May 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	36 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	26 min
May 28, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	23 min
May 28, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	24 min
May 28, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	23 min
May 29, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	45 min
May 29, 1:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria	3 hr
May 29, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	30 min
May 29, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Cambria	24 min
May 29, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean	48 min
May 29, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	33 min
May 29, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon	33 min
May 29, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	34 min
May 29, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Potter	49 min
May 29, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	43 min
May 29, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	51 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	34 min
May 29, 1:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Tioga	48 min
May 29, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	45 min
May 29, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	26 min
May 29, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union	51 min
May 29, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	35 min
May 29, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	30 min
May 29, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming	49 min
May 29, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	29 min
May 29, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	58 min
May 29, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill	52 min
May 29, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	36 min
May 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon	47 min
May 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	32 min
May 29, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour	60 min
May 29, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	29 min
May 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder	43 min
May 29, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Tioga	114 min
May 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York	51 min
May 29, 3:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield	3 hr
May 29, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin	28 min
May 29, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	39 min
May 29, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	34 min
May 29, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Columbia	3 hr
May 29, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan	44 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Huntingdon, Mifflin	26 min
May 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Sullivan	26 min
May 29, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	19 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	31 min
May 29, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	60 min
May 29, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon	29 min
May 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Union	35 min
May 29, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	49 min
May 29, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Perry	58 min
May 29, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	37 min
May 29, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder	32 min
May 29, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford	39 min
May 29, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union	39 min
May 29, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry	16 min
May 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	36 min
May 29, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill	61 min
May 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon	45 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union	115 min
May 29, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, York	54 min
May 29, 4:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Somerset	3 hr
May 29, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Juniata, Perry, York	47 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill	119 min
May 29, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.