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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS State College, PA

July 13, 2023Blair County, Cambria County, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2023, 10:04 PM EDT for Blair County, Cambria County, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 13, 2023, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 13, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 7:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 5:21 AM EDT, 16 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 13, 8:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:56 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	52 min
Jul 13, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	49 min
Jul 13, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield	48 min
Jul 13, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton	41 min
Jul 13, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Union	46 min
Jul 14, 12:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	39 min
Jul 14, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Sullivan	61 min
Jul 14, 12:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Somerset	27 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	29 min
Jul 14, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Somerset	56 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	24 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	28 min
Jul 14, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	31 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	37 min
Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	24 min
Jul 14, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	49 min
Jul 14, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union	42 min
Jul 14, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union	39 min
Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lancaster	50 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Union	41 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	33 min
Jul 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	44 min
Jul 14, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	York	44 min
Jul 14, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.