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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS State College, PA

June 27, 2023Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2023-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2023-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, Jun 27, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:25 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:41 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:45 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 2:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming30 min
Jun 26, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork26 min
Jun 26, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, York40 min
Jun 26, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder, Union28 min
Jun 26, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin39 min
Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMontour, Northumberland26 min
Jun 26, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland20 min
Jun 26, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLycoming2 hr
Jun 26, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan37 min
Jun 26, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill21 min
Jun 27, 11:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland40 min
Jun 27, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster42 min
Jun 27, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York70 min
Jun 27, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill72 min
Jun 27, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSullivan65 min
Jun 27, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia64 min
Jun 27, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork53 min
Jun 27, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster46 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.