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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS State College, PA

July 3, 2025Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2025, 4:22 PM EDT for Schuylkill 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
Jul 3, 2025, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 20:23 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
Jul 3, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, 4:18 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:18 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 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, 3 hours 4 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, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:54 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill42 min
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga29 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia31 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.