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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS State College, PA

June 13, 2021Lycoming County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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: Jun 13, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lycoming County, PA, Tioga County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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
Jun 13, 3:48 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Blossburg, PA	FIVE MINUTES OF QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN BLOSSBURG.

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
Jun 13, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

028 
WUUS51 KCTP 131945
SVRCTP
PAC081-117-132030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0026.210613T1945Z-210613T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
345 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Lycoming County in north central Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Tioga County in north central Pennsylvania...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 345 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Blossburg to near Ralston, moving northeast at
  20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Blossburg, Covington, Arnot, Ralston and Ogdensburg. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4160 7688 4159 7681 4141 7676 4145 7697
      4173 7717 4186 7691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 244DEG 16KT 4171 7705 4154 7692 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Colbert

1 follow-up statement

848 
WWUS51 KCTP 132023
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
423 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

PAC081-117-132033-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210613T2030Z/
Lycoming PA-Tioga PA-
423 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LYCOMING AND
SOUTHEASTERN TIOGA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
north central Pennsylvania.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
State College PA.

LAT...LON 4160 7688 4159 7681 4141 7676 4145 7697
      4173 7717 4186 7691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 244DEG 16KT 4178 7687 4161 7674 

$$

Colbert

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	49 min
Jun 13, 9:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Somerset	67 min
Jun 13, 9:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	57 min
Jun 13, 10:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Cambria, Somerset	116 min
Jun 13, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	49 min
Jun 13, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	38 min
Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	46 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Union	83 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	20 min
Jun 13, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	23 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	19 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton	55 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	26 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Union	18 min
Jun 13, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	23 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	15 min
Jun 13, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	26 min
Jun 13, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Forest	21 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	15 min
Jun 13, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton	54 min
Jun 13, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	36 min
Jun 13, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Warren	32 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	23 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	37 min
Jun 13, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean	49 min
Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Potter	86 min
Jun 13, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	29 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Centre, Huntingdon	43 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.