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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS State College, PA

July 13, 2021Lycoming County, Northumberland County, Union County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 8:17 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Northumberland County, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2021, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lycoming County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Union County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 8:55 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Montgomery, PA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WUUS51 KCTP 140017
SVRCTP
PAC081-097-119-140100-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0155.210714T0017Z-210714T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
817 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Northumberland County in central Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Lycoming County in north central Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Union County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 817 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Allenwood,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Montoursville, Muncy, Hughesville, Montgomery, Allenwood, Delaware
  Run, Barbours, Loyalsockville, Picture Rocks and Williamsport
  Airport.

This includes Interstate 180 from mile markers 7 to 24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4108 7691 4114 7703 4144 7686 4128 7656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 214DEG 20KT 4115 7693 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Travis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin37 min
Jul 13, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming36 min
Jul 13, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon35 min
Jul 13, 8:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming, Sullivan, Tioga25 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming, Montour, Northumberland24 min
Jul 13, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan61 min
Jul 13, 9:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLycoming, Sullivan, Tioga3 hr
Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming30 min
Jul 13, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Snyder, Union60 min
Jul 13, 10:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCentre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 2 more117 min
Jul 13, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union57 min
Jul 13, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Montour27 min
Jul 14, 12:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland2 hr
Jul 14, 1:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming119 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry26 min
Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry37 min
Jul 14, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan32 min
Jul 14, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming23 min
Jul 14, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.