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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 8, 2021, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
578
WWUS81 KCTP 082102
SPSCTP
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
502 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021
PAZ066-082130-
Lancaster PA-
502 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM EDT...
At 501 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Manheim, moving south at 15 mph.
Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lancaster, Columbia, Lititz, Millersville, Willow Street, Mount Joy,
Manheim, East Petersburg, Akron, Leola, Paradise,
Salunga-Landisville, Rothsville, Mountville, Brickerville, Leacock,
Lampeter, Penryn, Washington Boro and Gordonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3999 7650 4002 7652 4019 7652 4025 7625
4000 7612 3996 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 352DEG 10KT 4016 7642
$$
MartinThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Chester | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 66 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.