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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS State College, PA

October 15, 2021Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
Oct 15, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2021, 4:44 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

756 
WUUS51 KCTP 152012
SVRCTP
PAC123-152130-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0285.211015T2012Z-211015T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
412 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Warren County in north central Pennsylvania...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 412 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grand Valley,
  moving northeast at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Warren, Scandia, Warren South, Kinzua Dam, Chapman State Park,
  Starbrick and Clarendon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4195 7891 4184 7892 4183 7892 4183 7895
      4176 7895 4174 7896 4168 7949 4175 7952
      4200 7894 4200 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 247DEG 17KT 4172 7941 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

KF
1 follow-up statement
342 
WWUS51 KCTP 152044
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
444 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021

PAC123-152054-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0285.000000T0000Z-211015T2130Z/
Warren PA-
444 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4195 7891 4184 7892 4183 7892 4183 7895
      4176 7895 4174 7896 4168 7949 4175 7952
      4200 7894 4200 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 247DEG 17KT 4178 7922 

$$

KF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield28 min
Oct 15, 12:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield43 min
Oct 15, 12:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clearfield47 min
Oct 15, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre30 min
Oct 15, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren27 min
Oct 15, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren21 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.