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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS State College, PA

June 5, 20254 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2025, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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 5, 2025, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2025, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 Jun 5, 7:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service State College PA
1124 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025

PAZ026>028-034>036-050>053-056>059-063>066-061530-
Huntingdon-Mifflin-Juniata-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Snyder-Montour-
Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland-
Adams-York-Lancaster-
1124 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 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.

Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms with locally
heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible Friday afternoon and
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ005-006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-037-041-042-045-046-049-
061530-
McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield-
Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Somerset-Tioga-
Northern Lycoming-Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-
1124 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms with locally
heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible this afternoon and
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms with locally
heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible Friday afternoon and
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.

PAZ004-061530-
Warren-
1124 AM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms with locally
heavy rainfall and gusty winds are possible this afternoon and
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

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 5, 2:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
251 PM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025

PAZ004>006-010-011-060000-
Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-
251 PM EDT Thu Jun 5 2025

...SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING ...

Strong potentially severe thunderstorms will develop in advance of
a slow moving cold front and impact the Northwest Mountains of the
state through 9 pm.

* Wind gusts up to 55 MPH.
* Hail up to nickle size possible in a few locations.
* Very heavy rainfall of over one inch in 30 minutes where two or
  more thunderstorms train across the same location.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building until the
storms pass to protect yourself again occasional, dangerous cloud
to ground lightning, hail and falling tree limbs from gusty
winds.

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, Jun 5, 4:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren49 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean47 min
Jun 5, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean37 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk27 min
Jun 5, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga24 min
Jun 5, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga40 min

Nearby

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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.