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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2022, 6:09 PM EDT for Lancaster County, York 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2022, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2022, 7:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 5:25 PM EDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 5:25 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 303 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-037-041-045-031915- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Southern Clinton- 303 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ036-056>059-063-031915- Franklin-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- 303 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this afternoon and evening. Locally heavy rain of 1 to 2 inches and minor flooding of poor drainage areas is possible where a few storms impact the same locations. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ026>028-034-035-042-046-049>053-031915- Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming- Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia- 303 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms may produce isolated damaging wind gusts and possibly some hail this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ064>066-031915- Adams-York-Lancaster- 303 PM EDT Sat Jul 2 2022 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 420 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 15 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Forest | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Sullivan | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 19 min |
| Jul 1, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 20 min |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 20 min |
| Jul 1, 11:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 17 min |
| Jul 1, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Mifflin | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 12:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 12:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 12:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 1:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 3:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 19 min |
| Jul 2, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 15 min |
| Jul 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Berks | 13 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.