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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2023, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 27, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 1247 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033>037-045-281700- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Southern Clinton- 1247 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ051>053-057>059-065-066-281700- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-York- Lancaster- 1247 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated marginally severe thunderstorms with gusty to locally damaging winds are possible this afternoon and early evening. Localized heavy rainfall may produce isolated instances of flooding especially in urban and poor drainage areas. Areas that received heavy rainfall yesterday will be more susceptible to flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ028-041-042-046-049-050-056-063-064-281700- Juniata-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Perry-Cumberland-Adams- 1247 PM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Localized heavy rainfall may produce isolated instances of flooding especially in urban and poor drainage areas. Areas that received heavy rainfall yesterday will be more susceptible to flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 27, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, York | 40 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, 3:59 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.