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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2025, 10:32 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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 12, 2025, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2025, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cambria County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 12, 9:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 9:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 9:22 AM EDT, 13 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 922 AM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 PAZ004-005-010-017-024-033-131330- Warren-McKean-Elk-Clearfield-Cambria-Somerset- 922 AM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and very heavy rainfall are possible Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather including flooding and rainfall amounts over 1 inch. PAZ006-011-012-018-019-025>028-034>037-041-045-046-049-050-056-063- 064-131330- Potter-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Northern Centre-Southern Centre- Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga- Northern Lycoming-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder- Perry-Cumberland-Adams- 922 AM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms may produce flash flooding Sunday and Monday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are also possible Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather including flooding and rainfall amounts over 1 inch. PAZ042-051>053-057>059-065-066-131330- Sullivan-Montour-Northumberland-Columbia-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon- York-Lancaster- 922 AM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms may produce isolated areas of flash flooding this afternoon into early tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms may produce flash flooding Sunday and Monday. Strong to severe thunderstorms with gusty winds are also possible Sunday and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather including flooding and rainfall amounts over 1 inch.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:32 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 24 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 3 hr |
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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.