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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2022, 9:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2022, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2022, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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 Jun 16, 9:50 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:50 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 259 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-171900- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- Adams-York-Lancaster- 259 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022 ...TORNADO WATCH 376 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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. Tornado Watch. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are probable this afternoon and will linger into tonight. A few tornadoes are also possible. Have multiple ways to receive weather warnings today and tonight and have a safety and sheltering plan prepared. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
812 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022
PAZ028-056-170045-
Perry PA-Juniata PA-
812 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN JUNIATA AND NORTH
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
At 812 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lewistown, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mcalisterville, Mexico, Walnut, Ickesburg, Mifflintown, Port Royal,
Thompsontown, Millerstown, Mifflin and East Salem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for central and
south central Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7754 4058 7750 4061 7750 4062 7748
4067 7735 4057 7703 4040 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 297DEG 22KT 4059 7740
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
KFLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Dauphin | 82 min |
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