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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

July 14, 2021Columbia County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA

County Columbia County, PA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
801 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

PAZ053-058-150045-
Columbia PA-Schuylkill PA-
801 PM EDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF COLUMBIA AND SCHUYLKILL
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 801 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Lightstreet, moving southeast at 25 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph are possible.

Locations impacted include...
Bloomsburg, Berwick, Ashland, Mifflinville, Lightstreet, Almedia,
Oneida, Fernville, Nuremburg, Aristes, Numidia, Sheppton,
Brandonville, Slabtown, Mainville, Wilburton Number Two, Shumans,
Espy, Shenandoah Heights and Lime Ridge.

LAT...LON 4077 7636 4107 7650 4115 7629 4113 7627
      4114 7624 4113 7623 4103 7623 4095 7621
      4090 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 325DEG 20KT 4106 7635

Travis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Schuylkill23 min
Jul 14, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster26 min
Jul 14, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.