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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS State College, PA

August 29, 2021Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

339 
WUUS51 KCTP 292100
SVRCTP
PAC033-292145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0260.210829T2100Z-210829T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
500 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Clearfield County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 500 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hyde, moving
  southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Clearfield, Philipsburg, Woodland, Curwensville, Hyde, Osceola
  Mills, Plymptonville, Rockton, Chester Hill, Jeffries, Morrisdale,
  West Decatur, Grassflat, Kylertown, Wallaceton and
  Clearfield-Lawrence Airport.

For those driving on Interstate 80, this includes areas between the
Dubois Route 255 and Snow Shoe exits, specifically between mile
markers 106 and 107...and from mile markers 110 to 137.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4113 7861 4101 7806 4094 7812 4096 7817
      4095 7816 4092 7818 4091 7822 4088 7823
      4088 7825 4087 7824 4086 7825 4085 7829
      4083 7830 4104 7871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 293DEG 23KT 4104 7854 

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

$$

KF
2 follow-up statements
387 
WWUS51 KCTP 292129
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
529 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

PAC033-292145-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-210829T2145Z/
Clearfield PA-
529 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...

At 529 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jeffries,
moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Philipsburg, Osceola Mills, Chester Hill, Jeffries, Morrisdale, West
Decatur and Wallaceton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4092 7848 4100 7841 4094 7817 4092 7818
      4091 7822 4088 7823 4088 7825 4087 7824
      4086 7825 4085 7829 4083 7830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 303DEG 22KT 4091 7835 

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

$$

KF
316 
WWUS51 KCTP 292140
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
540 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

PAC033-292149-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0260.000000T0000Z-210829T2145Z/
Clearfield PA-
540 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4092 7848 4100 7841 4094 7817 4092 7818
      4091 7822 4088 7823 4088 7825 4087 7824
      4086 7825 4085 7829 4083 7830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 293DEG 23KT 4089 7829 

$$

KF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield21 min
Aug 29, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield15 min
Aug 29, 6:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPSomerset58 min
Aug 29, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria24 min
Aug 29, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield25 min
Aug 29, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset19 min
Aug 29, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset15 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.