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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS State College, PA

August 13, 2021Centre County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 11:29 PM EDT for Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2021, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Centre County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2021-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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 2021-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WUUS51 KCTP 140329
SVRCTP
PAC027-140400-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0234.210814T0329Z-210814T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
1129 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Centre County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 1129 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spring
  Mills, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Woodward, Millheim, Aaronsburg, Rebersburg, Spring Mills, Coburn,
  Madisonburg, Poe Valley State Park and Potters Mills.

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.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4094 7725 4092 7727 4084 7737 4078 7761
      4084 7766 4097 7749 4098 7737 4100 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 240DEG 24KT 4086 7754 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Banghoff
1 follow-up statement
690 
WWUS51 KCTP 140356
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
1156 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

PAC027-140406-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0234.000000T0000Z-210814T0400Z/
Centre PA-
1156 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CENTRE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4094 7725 4092 7727 4084 7737 4078 7761
      4084 7766 4097 7749 4098 7737 4100 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 240DEG 24KT 4095 7734 

$$

Banghoff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria31 min
Aug 13, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren26 min
Aug 13, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre25 min
Aug 13, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton35 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.