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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 9, 2021York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.4 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-09The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

463 
WWUS81 KCTP 092021
SPSCTP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
421 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
 
PAZ065-092045-
York PA-
421 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF YORK COUNTY UNTIL 445
PM EDT...

At 421 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Shrewsbury, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible.

Locations impacted include...
Shrewsbury, Stewartstown, Glen Rock, Delta, Cross Roads, Railroad,
Sunnyburn, Susquehanna Trails, Loganville, Winterstown, Felton, Fawn
Grove, Peach Bottom and Airville.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7680 3986 7671 3987 7638 3985 7635
      3983 7635 3977 7627 3973 7624 3972 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 295DEG 14KT 3978 7666 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPJuniata24 min
Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork26 min
Jul 9, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming28 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry26 min
Jul 9, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill74 min
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon56 min
Jul 9, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York81 min
Jul 9, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster47 min
Jul 9, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork38 min
Jul 9, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill49 min
Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster30 min
Jul 9, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga29 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.