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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 1:23 PM EDT for Juniata County, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2019, 1:23 PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Juniata County, PA, Snyder County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 May 26, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 446 AM EDT Sun May 26 2019 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 270900- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton- Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia- 446 AM EDT Sun May 26 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...Monday through Saturday. A few rounds of showers and potentially strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ033>036-056>059-063>066-270900- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon- Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 446 AM EDT Sun May 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this afternoon and evening. Locally heavy rain is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A few rounds of showers and potentially strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. Martin
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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 35 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 43 min |
| May 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming, Potter | 63 min |
| May 25, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 50 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 48 min |
| May 26, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 37 min |
| May 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 26, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 32 min |
| May 26, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 43 min |
| May 26, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 47 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 29 min |
| May 26, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 35 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.