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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2024, 2:11 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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 17, 2024, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 17, 1:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:31 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 PAZ004>006-010-011-017-037-181700- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Tioga- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ012-018-019-024>028-033>035-041-042-045-046-049-050-181700- Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair- Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ051>053-181700- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 552 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ036-056-181700- Franklin-Perry- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ057-059-064>066-181700- Dauphin-Lebanon-Adams-York-Lancaster- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 552 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ063-181700- Cumberland- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/StateCollege on the internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ058-181700- Schuylkill- 1258 PM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 552 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and 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...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 10:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | York | 100 min |
| Jul 16, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk | 91 min |
| Jul 17, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 36 min |
| Jul 17, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | York | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 42 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.