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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2023, 8:20 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Lancaster County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2023, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 26, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 745 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 .SYNOPSIS... An active northern branch of the jet stream will bring a few bouts of showers and late afternoon thunderstorms to the region today and again Tuesday. Some of the thunderstorms today could contain localized damaging wind gusts and heavy to potentially excessive rainfall, mainly over portions of eastern Pennsylvania this late this afternoon and evening. Additional rounds of showers and t-storms are expected Tuesday followed by mainly cloudy and cooler conditions for Wednesday. Drier conditions with a rebound in temperatures back to near normal will arrive later this week to close out the month of June. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... A weak surface wave developing along the stationary boundary across central PA is increasing moisture convergence and theta-e ridging to the east. Additional concerns this evening are in the middle Susquehanna Valley and and a dual severe/heavy rain threat over far north central PA focused along a previous outflow boundary from earlier convection. Ground truth reports of 1.75"-2.00" received over northern Warren county. Further convection and heavy rain will pose a Flash Flood Risk over some of our far eastern zones where localized 1.5-2.5 inch rainfall amounts have already occurred. A Flood Watch for potential Flash Flooding from training TSRA runs through 03Z Tuesday, while Severe Thunderstorm Watch 391 is in effect until 01Z Tuesday for all but the SW 3 counties in our CWA. For the overnight hours, falling heights ahead of the upper low should result in lingering, scattered convection. It will be another seasonably mild night with lows generally in the 60s. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... The upper low is forecast to transition to an open wave and slow as it moves across the lower Great Lakes on Day 2. Deep southerly flow ahead of the trough will continue to support ample moisture, with PWs remaining around 1.5 inches over the eastern half of the area. Destabilization and mid-level energy lifting along the leading edge of the trough are likely to support the redevelopment of diurnal showers and storms which may also produce some additional isolated heavy rain/flooding concerns. Convection will fade into Tuesday night with the loss of heating. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Updated the grids, given the potential for more storms later today. Anyway, the upper level low over the central Great Lakes moves out after the first part of Wednesday, bringing in some dry weather for a brief time. Temperatures will run close to normal a shade below. Next system moves eastward for more showers and storms by next weekend. Pattern will support wet weather at times, as long as an upper level ridge remains over western Canada. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Showers and thunderstorms continue for the next few hours with the potential for localized strong to severe wind gusts and some hail as well. Brief IFR cigs and visibilities will remain likely in any of the thunderstorms. Low clouds will develop tonight and MVFR to IFR cigs are likely for most of the area. Expect ceilings to remain MVFR or IFR through most of the day tomorrow with more showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon. Outlook... Mon night-Tue...Sctd-numerous shra/tsra, some may produce severe wind gusts late Monday afternoon/evening. Brief restrictions expected. Wed-Fri...Isolated shra/tsra. Brief restrictions possible. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until 11 PM EDT this evening for PAZ042-053-058- 059-066. && SYNOPSIS...Lambert/Steinbugl NEAR TERM...Lambert/Tyburski SHORT TERM...Fitzgerald/Steinbugl LONG TERM...Martin AVIATION...Lambert/Bauco
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 8:07 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 807 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024-033-280015- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset- 807 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ042-053-058-059-066-280015- Sullivan-Columbia-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Lancaster- 807 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-045-046-049>052-056-057-063>065- 280015- Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Blair-Huntingdon- Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Perry-Dauphin-Cumberland-Adams-York- 807 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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 |
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| Jun 26, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder, Union | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland | 20 min |
| Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lycoming | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 21 min |
| Jun 27, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 70 min |
| Jun 27, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 72 min |
| Jun 27, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 46 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.