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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2022, 4:28 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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
- May 22, 2022, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 22, 3:59 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:59 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 111 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022 PAZ004-231715- Warren- 111 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ005-006-010-011-017-024-033-231715- McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset- 111 PM EDT Sun May 22 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated strong to marginally severe storms with gusty winds and heavy downpours will be possible during the afternoon and early evening hours today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-231715- Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Blair-Huntingdon- Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- Adams-York-Lancaster- 111 PM EDT Sun May 22 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 from the mid afternoon through early evening hours today. Localized heavy rain in excess of one inch in just 30 minutes is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Lambert
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Special weather statement, May 22, 4:11 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Warren | 2 hr |
| May 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 28 min |
| May 21, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 28 min |
| May 21, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 32 min |
| May 21, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 30 min |
| May 21, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 26 min |
| May 21, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 34 min |
| May 22, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder | 33 min |
| May 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Perry, Snyder | 36 min |
| May 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Northumberland | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Perry | 45 min |
| May 22, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry | 29 min |
| May 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, York | 40 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 43 min |
| May 22, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 19 min |
| May 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 25 min |
| May 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 29 min |
| May 22, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 21 min |
| May 22, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 36 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.