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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS State College, PA

August 4, 2023Adams County, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2023, 7:56 PM EDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 4, 2023, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2023, 8:29 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, PA, Franklin County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 12:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

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 Aug 4, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 7:24 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPotter44 min
Aug 4, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga48 min
Aug 4, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron59 min
Aug 4, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga39 min
Aug 4, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton46 min
Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton37 min
Aug 4, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming49 min
Aug 4, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield34 min
Aug 4, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria29 min
Aug 4, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming41 min
Aug 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton48 min
Aug 4, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre34 min
Aug 4, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming30 min
Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair40 min
Aug 4, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder51 min
Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union49 min
Aug 4, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union59 min
Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre42 min
Aug 4, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Huntingdon, Mifflin31 min
Aug 4, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming40 min
Aug 4, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMontour32 min
Aug 4, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill17 min
Aug 4, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry41 min
Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland36 min
Aug 4, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin35 min
Aug 4, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton32 min
Aug 4, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland52 min
Aug 4, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPUnion52 min
Aug 4, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLebanon31 min
Aug 4, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, York42 min
Aug 4, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming26 min
Aug 4, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPHuntingdon30 min
Aug 4, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMifflin36 min
Aug 4, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry48 min
Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming30 min
Aug 4, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.