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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2024, 7:41 PM EDT for Centre County, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 17, 2024, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2024, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Centre County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 828 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 Aug 17, 7:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 7:07 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 510 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 PAZ004>006-010-011-017-024>026-033>035-037-042-051>053-180915- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Sullivan-Montour-Northumberland- Columbia- 510 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and heavy rainfall are possible from this afternoon into early tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Showers and thunderstorms on Sunday could produce heavy rain and may lead to flooding depending on where the heavier rain falls today. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ012-018-019-027-028-041-045-046-049-050-056-180915- Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Mifflin-Juniata- Northern Lycoming-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Perry- 510 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and 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. Strong thunderstorms today and early tonight may also generate damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Showers and thunderstorms on Sunday could produce heavy rain and may lead to flooding depending on where the heavier rain falls today. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ036-057>059-063>066-180915- Franklin-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 510 AM EDT Sat Aug 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and heavy rainfall are possible from this afternoon into early tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Additional thunderstorms are expected Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. The main threat from the Sunday storms will be heavy rain and flooding. Damaging winds are also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 4:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia and 19 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Potter | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 101 min |
| Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 17 min |
| Aug 17, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Blair, Centre, Huntingdon | 2 hr |
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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.