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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2023, 5:19 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 9, 2023, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lycoming County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 Sep 9, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 329 PM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will become nearly stationary over Northern and Western PA today into Sunday. Daily showers and thunderstorms will form along and to the east of the front, with the bulk of the convection occurring in the late afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures will settle back close to normal for Sunday into Monday. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... Storms developing along the Laurel Ridge counties and sliding more north than east. Keeping an eye on training cells for flooding issues. An FLS has been posted for Somerset county where one hour FFG is just over an inch. Multiple cells have moved over that area this morning into afternoon. High res models have done a good job so far with the timing and placement of the first shot of convection. Expect more cells to develop over southeast PA. Storms over eastern MD should continue to move north into our area through the evening hours. Evening convection should fade overnight, as the boundary layer cools/stabilizes. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Unstable cnonditions remain on Sunday as the upper features move little The plume of deepest moisture is progged to slide east of the area late Sunday night, causing showers to taper off. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Lingering showers will continue Sunday night into the first half of Monday behind a departing low pressure system in the northeastern CONUS. As the showers taper off Monday afternoon, a brief period of dry weather will settle in through much of Tuesday before an upper-level trough begins influencing CPA. This trough will bring daily rounds of scattered showers and thunderstorms through midweek. High pressure begins to build to the west will bring drier conditions into late next week, with temperatures remaining near-average to slight cooler than average. Cooler temperatures in the forecast is supported with model guidance that suggests upper-level cooler Canadian air pushing into the region. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHRA with isolated TSRA along the Alleghenies are moving mainly across a north-south axis in between JST/BFD and UNV/AOO, with some impacts possible into the outer ranges of airfield. Showers and storms are expected to become widespread across the airspace as the afternoon progresses and persist into the evening hours. Restrictions overnight are mainly anticipated across airfields in closer proximity to the Allegheny Front, with IFR and below cigs/vsby expected at BFD/JST/UNV with less confidence at AOO/IPT. The Lower Susquehanna also has potential for some restrictions, but confidence remains too low to take restrictions below MVFR. Any fog/low stratus formation will lift after sunrise tomorrow, with showers/storms possible again throughout Sunday. Outlook... Sun-Mon...Scattered mainly afternoon and early evening showers and storms. Patchy fog to start both days. Tue...AM patchy fog. Otherwise mainly dry with VFR conditions. Showers could return Tuesday night. Wed...VFR with periods of IFR in SHRA/TSRA and areas of morning fog. Thurs...Mainly VFR outside of morning fog. Scattered SHRA possible across the northern airspace. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SYNOPSIS...Lambert NEAR TERM...Tyburski SHORT TERM...Tyburski LONG TERM...Bauco/NPB AVIATION...NPB
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 4:38 AM EDT, 12 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 438 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023 PAZ004-100845- Warren- 438 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .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. PAZ005-006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-045-056-063-064-100845- McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Southern Clinton-Perry- Cumberland-Adams- 438 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will affect most of the area this afternoon or evening. Some of the storms could become strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts or flooding rain in a few isolated locations. .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. PAZ037-041-042-046-049>053-057>059-065-066-100845- Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-York- Lancaster- 438 AM EDT Sat Sep 9 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will affect most of the area this afternoon or evening. Some of the storms could become strong enough to produce damaging wind gusts or flooding rain in a few isolated locations. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms could produce isolated flooding on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, York | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Carbon | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 11:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 24 min |
| Sep 9, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre, Huntingdon | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 56 min |
| Sep 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Tioga | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, York | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Sullivan | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lycoming | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 119 min |
| Sep 9, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Fulton | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 119 min |
| Sep 9, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 116 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.