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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS State College, PA

September 11, 2019Bedford County, Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT for Bedford County, Blair County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 75 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
Sep 11, 2019, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2019-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2019-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 11, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service State College PA
352 PM EDT Wed Sep 11 2019

.SYNOPSIS...
A frontal system will approach the region this evening. Ahead of
it will be muggy conditions with a change of showers and
thunderstorms. The front will then stall along or just south of
the Maryland border. Another frontal system will weaken as it
moves into the area Saturday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
Warm and muggy conditions this afternoon with radar showing the
first signs of convection developing over western areas of the
region this afternoon. Will keep pops in the forecast through
the period. Later tonight convection currently over the Great
Lakes will approach the NW zones. Look for a muggy night with
temperatures well above average.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
Frontal system will become stationary close to the MD border on
Thursday. With easterly flow look for a good bit of cloud cover
and cooler conditions then today. Will also keep some pops in
the forecast, especially SE zones where low level moisutre is
greatest.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Models agree in building the eastern ridge with 5900m H5 heights
moving into PA Thu night and Fri. Despite the warm bubble
pushing in aloft, I have Fri as the coolest day of the next
several with the big high to our NE keeping us in a cool ESE
flow with plenty of clouds around.

A new storm system will lift well to our west by the weekend,
with the trailing cold front weakening as it encounters high
heights over the eastern U.S. later Fri into Sat. The best
chances for showers/thunderstorms will be over the western CWA.
Right now it looks like the second half of Saturday will be
drier than the first.

Medium range guidance keeps us pretty close to the southern edge
of the westerlies which casts doubt on the potential for rain
through the extended. I chose a more optimistic precip forecast
given the expectations of rather high heights aloft, suggesting
the potential for rain will stay on the scattered disorganized
side, too early to be specific about.

A potentially interesting situation is hinted at next week with
the upper high parked over the SE US. A wave in the Bahamas is
brought under this ridge into the eastern Gulf of Mexico, with
the ECMWF/GFS/Canadian all remarkably close in bringing a
possible tropical cyclone toward the NE gulf states perhaps as
early as later Monday. By the middle of next week there are
hints that whatever moves ashore could be heading north up the
Appalachians toward the OH Valley or NERN US, or at least a
stream of deeper tropical moisture advecting up this way.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
VFR conditions outside any convection this afternoon. Periods
of MVFR to IFR in SHRA and TSRA at southern TAF sites are
possible this afternoon. CIGS will lower overnight into
Thursday.

.Outlook...

Thu...AM low cigs possible NW Mtns. Isold PM tsra impacts
possible southern Pa.

Fri-Sat...Low cigs possible, mainly in the morning. Isolated
aftn SHRA poss.

Sun...AM valley fog poss, otherwise no sig wx.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...Ross
NEAR TERM...Ross
SHORT TERM...Ross/La Corte
LONG TERM...La Corte/RXR
AVIATION...Ross
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:02 AM EDT, 14 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
502 AM EDT Wed Sep 11 2019

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Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-
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Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-
Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-
Adams-York-Lancaster-
502 AM EDT Wed Sep 11 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPNorthumberland, Schuylkill27 min
Sep 11, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill57 min
Sep 11, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton31 min
Sep 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren34 min
Sep 11, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMontour32 min
Sep 11, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria61 min
Sep 11, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield27 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.