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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2024, 8:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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 29, 2024, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2024, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Centre County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 29, 7:41 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 7:41 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 PAZ004>006-010-011-017-037-042-053-057>059-065-066-302130- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Clearfield-Tioga-Sullivan-Columbia- Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-York-Lancaster- 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours are possible in a few spots Saturday afternoon or evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ024-033-064-302130- Cambria-Somerset-Adams- 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 663 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...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...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours are possible in a few spots Saturday afternoon or evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ025>028-034>036-056-063-302130- Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Perry- Cumberland- 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 663 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours are possible in a few spots Saturday afternoon or evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ012-018-019-041-045-046-049-051-052-302130- Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Northern Lycoming- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Montour-Northumberland- 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours are possible in a few spots Saturday afternoon or evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ050-302130- Snyder- 525 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 663 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...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. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and heavy downpours are possible in a few spots Saturday afternoon or evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. Lambert
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 29, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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 |
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| Aug 29, 8:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 10:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Perry | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 10:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 92 min |
| Aug 30, 1:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 17 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.