Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clinton County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Tioga County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Slate Run, PA | *** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND ONE INDIVIDUAL SEVERELY INJURED BY A FALLEN TREE. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
364
WUUS51 KCTP 130005
SVRCTP
PAC035-081-113-117-130045-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0216.210813T0005Z-210813T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
805 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Lycoming County in north central Pennsylvania...
Southeastern Tioga County in north central Pennsylvania...
Northwestern Sullivan County in north central Pennsylvania...
North central Clinton County in north central Pennsylvania...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 805 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ralston to near Cammal, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Glen Union, Waterville, Ralston, Ogdensburg, Cammal, Slate Run,
English Center, Trout Run, Lincoln Falls, Shunk, Little Pine State
Park, Buttonwood and Ski Sawmill Ski Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in State College PA.
&&
LAT...LON 4160 7687 4156 7641 4121 7762 4143 7763
4170 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 250DEG 38KT 4154 7691 4133 7751
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Banghoff1 follow-up statement
631
WWUS51 KCTP 130020
SVSCTP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
820 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
PAC035-130030-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-210813T0045Z/
Clinton PA-
820 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 4160 7687 4156 7641 4129 7734 4146 7743
4170 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 262DEG 45KT 4159 7672 4133 7724
$$
PAC081-113-117-130045-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-210813T0045Z/
Lycoming PA-Tioga PA-Sullivan PA-
820 PM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LYCOMING...SOUTHEASTERN TIOGA AND NORTHWESTERN
SULLIVAN COUNTIES...
At 820 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Shunk to near Little Pine State Park, moving east
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ralston, Ogdensburg, English Center, Trout Run, Lincoln Falls, Shunk,
Little Pine State Park, Buttonwood and Ski Sawmill Ski Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
State College PA.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4160 7687 4156 7641 4129 7734 4146 7743
4170 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 262DEG 45KT 4159 7672 4133 7724
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BanghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 12 min |
| Aug 12, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Union | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Perry | 20 min |
| Aug 12, 9:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 11:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and 2 more | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Perry | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, York | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 16 min |
| Aug 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder, Union | 37 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.