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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2020, 4:49 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 19, 2020, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2020, 5:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cameron County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Elk County, PA, Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 893 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 Jul 19, 4:23 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:23 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 1243 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 PAZ004>006-010-011-201645- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron- 1243 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this evening. .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. PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033-034-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-201645- Northern Clinton-Clearfield-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria- Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union- Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia- 1243 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible this evening. .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. PAZ036-057-059-063>066-201645- Franklin-Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 1243 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT MONDAY... 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. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ035-056-058-201645- Fulton-Perry-Schuylkill- 1243 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 305 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 PAZ004-191930- Warren PA- 305 PM EDT Sun Jul 19 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... At 304 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Garland, moving east at 35 mph. Wind gusts of up to 55 mph are possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Youngsville around 315 PM EDT. Warren and Chapman State Park around 330 PM EDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Starbrick and Clarendon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4177 7956 4195 7950 4194 7898 4164 7904 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 284DEG 29KT 4184 7944 Dangelo
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Elk, Potter, Tioga | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Mifflin | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin, Snyder, Union | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 47 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.