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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2019, 3:40 PM EDT for Potter County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 1, 2019, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Potter County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 1, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 PAZ004>006-010>012-037-041-042-021015- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible this afternoon and evening. Some of the storms may make heavy rain which could lead to minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Frost is possible Tuesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ017>019-024-025-033-021015- Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Somerset- 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible late this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible Sunday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ045-046-049>053-021015- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia- 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible this afternoon and evening. Some of the storms may make heavy rain which could lead to minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible Sunday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ026>028-034-035-021015- Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton- 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible Sunday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ036-056>059-063>066-021015- Franklin-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York- Lancaster- 604 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible Sunday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 11:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | McKean, Potter | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Montour, Northumberland, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Perry | 33 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.