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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 15 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 29, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Schuylkill County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 Jun 29, 6:31 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:31 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 558 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-034-037-041-042-045-046- 302200- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Bedford-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming- 558 PM EDT Sat Jun 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...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible again on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ026>028-035-036-049-050-056>059-063>066-302200- Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Fulton-Franklin-Union-Snyder-Perry- Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 558 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...TORNADO WATCH 482 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible again on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ051>053-302200- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia- 558 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 482 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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. Tornado Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and small hail are possible again on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
504 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
PAZ026-028-034>036-056-063-292130-
Perry PA-Bedford PA-Fulton PA-Franklin PA-Cumberland PA-Juniata PA-
Huntingdon PA-
504 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BEDFORD...SOUTHERN
HUNTINGDON...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN FULTON...
SOUTHWESTERN JUNIATA...WESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN PERRY
COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
At 503 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Huntingdon to 11 miles
northeast of Breezewood. Movement was east at 35 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...
Mount Union, Waterfall, Rockhill Furnace, Wells Tannery, Fort
Littleton, East Waterford, Dudley, Willow Hill, Fannettsburg,
Roxbury, Perulack, Big Spring State Park, Doylesburg, Upper
Strasburg, Saxton, Broad Top City, Three Springs, Orbisonia,
Saltillo, and Blain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for south central
and central Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4009 7831 4022 7825 4028 7811 4037 7806
4037 7786 4036 7782 4038 7776 4038 7747
4003 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 263DEG 32KT 4036 7787 4011 7806
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
BaucoLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:00 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service State College PA
600 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 ENE Elizabethville 40.56N 76.78W
06/29/2024 M65 MPH Dauphin PA Trained Spotter
&&
NPBLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:09 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service State College PA
609 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 E Berrysburg 40.61N 76.78W
06/29/2024 Dauphin PA 911 Call Center
Tree down across Route 36 in the vicinity of
North Crossroads Road.
&&
NPBLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:11 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service State College PA
611 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 W Williamstown 40.58N 76.65W
06/29/2024 Dauphin PA 911 Call Center
Tree down blocking one lane of West Market
Street.
&&
NPBLocal storm report, Jun 29, 6:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:42 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and 15 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 6 min |
| Jun 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder | 16 min |
| Jun 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Perry | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, York | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 35 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.