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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS State College, PA

July 6, 2021McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 2:49 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 6, 2021, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 997 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

207 
WUUS51 KCTP 061849
SVRCTP
PAC083-123-061945-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0070.210706T1849Z-210706T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
249 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Warren County in north central Pennsylvania...
  Northern McKean County in north central Pennsylvania...

* Until 345 PM EDT.

* At 247 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northeast of Scandia to 7 miles northwest of
  Marshburg to near Bradford, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bradford, Port Allegany, Smethport, Rew, Coryville, Cyclone,
  Marshburg, Eldred, Lewis Run, University Of Pittsburgh - Bradford
  and Bradford Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7821 4182 7821 4181 7866 4185 7895
      4200 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 266DEG 32KT 4200 7897 4192 7887 4191 7868 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Travis
1 follow-up statement
896 
WWUS51 KCTP 061922
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
322 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

PAC083-123-061945-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210706T1945Z/
Warren PA-McKean PA-
322 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND NORTHERN MCKEAN COUNTIES...

At 322 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Scandia to near Marshburg to near Rew, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bradford, Port Allegany, Smethport, Rew, Coryville, Cyclone,
Marshburg, Eldred, Lewis Run, University Of Pittsburgh - Bradford and
Bradford Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7821 4182 7821 4181 7866 4185 7895
      4200 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 282DEG 27KT 4193 7899 4192 7872 4190 7849 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Colbert

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren52 min
Jul 6, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean46 min
Jul 6, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPotter45 min
Jul 6, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga34 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren24 min
Jul 6, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean, Warren54 min
Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan44 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan43 min
Jul 6, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan23 min
Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Sullivan24 min
Jul 6, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin33 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon40 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPElk29 min
Jul 6, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon33 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill27 min
Jul 6, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMcKean23 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and 2 more24 hr

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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.