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Special Weather Statement, NWS State College, PA

August 1, 2021Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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: Aug 1, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA

County Lycoming County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

168 
WWUS81 KCTP 012012
SPSCTP

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
412 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
PAZ041-042-046-012115-
Southern Lycoming PA-Sullivan PA-Northern Lycoming PA-
412 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LYCOMING AND 
SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Little Pine State Park, moving east at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kettle Creek Gorge, Waterville, Cogan Station, Ralston, English
Center, Muncy Valley, Trout Run, Lincoln Falls, Barbours, Shunk,
Little Pine State Park, Buttonwood, Loyalsockville, Salladasburg,
Forksville, Eagles Mere and Hillsgrove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4156 7648 4131 7659 4126 7738 4147 7743
      4155 7709 4155 7696 4157 7694 4160 7688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 259DEG 34KT 4139 7734 

$$

Dangelo

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	47 min
Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	43 min
Aug 1, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	39 min
Aug 1, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	27 min
Aug 1, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	43 min
Aug 1, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	27 min
Aug 1, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	18 min
Aug 1, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cameron	50 min
Aug 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	46 min
Aug 1, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield, Clinton	44 min
Aug 1, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre	46 min
Aug 1, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	38 min
Aug 1, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Montour	35 min
Aug 1, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Dauphin, Schuylkill	39 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill	33 min
Aug 1, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	46 min
Aug 1, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams, Lancaster, York	56 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.