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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2019, 5:55 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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 2, 2019, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2019, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 2, 5:16 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 5:16 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2019 PAZ004>006-010-011-037-031945- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Tioga- 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033-034-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059-063- 031945- Northern Clinton-Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria- Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ035-036-064>066-031945- Fulton-Franklin-Adams-York-Lancaster- 340 PM EDT Sun Jun 2 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 318 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 1:28 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
128 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE ALLEGHENY SPRINGS 41.82N 79.29W
06/01/2019 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER
6 TREES DOWN ON DUNNS EDDY RD.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 41.95N 79.58W
06/01/2019 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN ON PLANK RD.
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 41.95N 79.58W
06/01/2019 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME
0645 PM TSTM WND DMG WARREN 41.84N 79.14W
06/01/2019 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
1110 AM HEAVY RAIN RUSSELL 41.92N 79.14W
06/02/2019 M1.13 INCH WARREN PA SOCIAL MEDIA
24-HOUR RAINFALL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER CTP1901430 CTP1901431 CTP1901432 CTP1901429 CTP1901428
TRAVISSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 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, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland and 3 more | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Perry, York | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 8:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia, Juniata, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 80 min |
| Jun 1, 9:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 11:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 31 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.