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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS State College, PA

May 26, 2021Juniata County, Perry County, Snyder County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:10 PM EDT for Juniata County, Perry County, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
May 26, 2021, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Juniata County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
May 26, 8:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGThompsontown, PATREES AND WIRES DOWN.
May 26, 8:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Meiserville, PASEVERAL TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ON KLINE HOLLOW RD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1316 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
1316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

777 
WUUS51 KCTP 270010
SVRCTP
PAC067-099-109-270045-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0016.210527T0010Z-210527T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
810 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Juniata County in central Pennsylvania...
  Snyder County in central Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Perry County in south central Pennsylvania...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 810 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Snyder-Middleswart State Park to near Richfield to
  near Mexico, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Selinsgrove, Shamokin Dam, Hummels Wharf, Middleburg,
  Mcalisterville, McClure, Kreamer, Port Trevorton, Penns Creek,
  Beaver Springs, Richfield, Mount Pleasant Mills, Kratzerville,
  Paxtonville, Troxelville, Snyder-Middleswart State Park, Fremont,
  Meiserville, Beavertown and Liverpool.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4048 7738 4061 7727 4068 7731 4069 7729
      4070 7731 4080 7735 4087 7706 4086 7702
      4089 7694 4088 7680 4080 7685 4072 7686
      4063 7695 4059 7696 4057 7699 4053 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 259DEG 42KT 4080 7725 4063 7718 4052 7728 

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

Colbert
1 follow-up statement
564 
WWUS51 KCTP 270037
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
837 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

PAC067-270047-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Juniata PA-
837 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JUNIATA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4056 7705 4061 7702 4062 7699 4068 7704
      4068 7705 4079 7698 4077 7685 4072 7686
      4064 7694 4064 7699 4062 7698 4063 7695
      4059 7696 4057 7699 4053 7698 4053 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 259DEG 42KT 4086 7684 4069 7677 4058 7687 

$$

PAC099-109-270045-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210527T0045Z/
Snyder PA-Perry PA-
837 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SNYDER AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...

At 837 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Shamokin Dam to Urban to near Elizabethville, moving
east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Port Trevorton, Mount Pleasant Mills, Meiserville, Liverpool and
Freeburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4056 7705 4061 7702 4062 7699 4068 7704
      4068 7705 4079 7698 4077 7685 4072 7686
      4064 7694 4064 7699 4062 7698 4063 7695
      4059 7696 4057 7699 4053 7698 4053 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 259DEG 42KT 4086 7684 4069 7677 4058 7687 

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

Colbert

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder26 min
May 26, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland32 min
May 26, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill28 min
May 26, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill30 min
May 26, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill34 min
May 26, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster, York42 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.