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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS State College, PA

August 18, 20244 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2024, 2:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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 18, 2024, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dauphin County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Snyder County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 18, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

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, 7:59 PM EDT, 18 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT, 18 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPBlair, Centre, Huntingdon3 hr
Aug 17, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMifflin47 min
Aug 17, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPotter26 min
Aug 17, 8:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCentre, Huntingdon3 hr
Aug 17, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClearfield33 min
Aug 17, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPotter33 min
Aug 17, 9:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPMcKean, Potter4 hr
Aug 17, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMifflin37 min
Aug 17, 10:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton4 hr
Aug 17, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMifflin32 min
Aug 18, 1:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPClearfield96 min
Aug 18, 2:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPClearfield118 min
Aug 18, 2:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPBlair, Centre, Huntingdon103 min
Aug 18, 2:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCentre30 min
Aug 18, 3:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCameron, Centre, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, Potter and 1 more3 hr
Aug 18, 5:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPTioga117 min
Aug 18, 11:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPPotter, Tioga119 min
Aug 18, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin31 min
Aug 18, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder, Union33 min
Aug 18, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill30 min
Aug 18, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin28 min
Aug 18, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming34 min
Aug 18, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLebanon36 min
Aug 18, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCumberland, Dauphin, York91 min
Aug 18, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland30 min
Aug 18, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster33 min
Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCumberland, Dauphin33 min
Aug 18, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPCumberland, Dauphin, York112 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster32 min
Aug 18, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPDauphin31 min
Aug 18, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster33 min
Aug 18, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster21 min
Aug 18, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster58 min
Aug 18, 7:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLancaster96 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.