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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2025, 3:44 PM EDT for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 3, 2025, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2025, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Columbia County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 Jul 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 159 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025 PAZ037-041-042-046-049>053-058-041800- Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Schuylkill- 159 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 484 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and 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. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-045-056-057-059-063>066- 041800- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Southern Clinton-Perry- Dauphin-Lebanon-Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 159 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service State College PA 118 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025 PAZ006-011-012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-031900- Potter-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield-Northern Centre- Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Somerset- Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon- Cumberland-Adams-York-Lancaster- 118 PM EDT Thu Jul 3 2025 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... Scattered strong to potentially severe thunderstorms will be developing across the region and moving to the East-Southeast at 30 to 35 mph. The storms will impact the Northern Mountains and Laurel Highlands through 5 pm, and across the Central Mountains and Susquehanna Valley through early this evening. * West to Northwest wind gusts up to 55 MPH. * Hail up to nickel size. * Brief heavy rainfall. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. The storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from your National Weather Service. Lambert
Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:12 PM EDT, 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 38 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.