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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS State College, PA

June 14, 2022Adams County, Cumberland County, York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2022, 4:57 AM EDT for Adams County, Cumberland 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
Jun 14, 2022, 4:57 AM EDT (08:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2022-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1844 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2022-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Somerset48 min
Jun 14, 3:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Fulton58 min
Jun 14, 3:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPFranklin, Fulton55 min
Jun 14, 4:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin, Fulton38 min
Jun 14, 4:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin34 min
Jun 14, 5:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster, York43 min

Nearby

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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.