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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2024, 3:37 PM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 23, 2024, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2024, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Clearfield County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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 Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:56 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 625 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 PAZ028-036-049>053-056>059-063>066-241030- Juniata-Franklin-Union-Snyder-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Perry- Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 625 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. Heat Advisory. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this afternoon or early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>027-033>035-037-041-042-045-046- 241030- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming- 625 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this afternoon or early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
206 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
PAZ037-231830-
Tioga PA-
206 PM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY THROUGH
230 PM EDT...
At 206 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles north of Wellsboro, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Elkland, Westfield, Lawrenceville, Millerton, Tioga, Knoxville,
Osceola, and Tioga Junction.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.
&&
LAT...LON 4199 7692 4192 7692 4185 7754 4200 7758
4200 7693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 251DEG 39KT 4198 7741
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
BeatyLocal storm report, Jun 23, 2:40 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Sullivan | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 12 min |
| Jun 22, 11:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia | 107 min |
| Jun 23, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 18 min |
| Jun 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 16 min |
| Jun 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Snyder | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 32 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.