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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS State College, PA

July 21, 2026Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2026, 3:22 PM EDT for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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 21, 2026, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
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 19:23 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 21, 2:06 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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 2026-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 941 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 2026-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
941 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren36 min
Jul 21, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPMontour44 min
Jul 21, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPColumbia, Montour, Sullivan52 min
Jul 21, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams62 min
Jul 21, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster55 min
Jul 21, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill61 min
Jul 21, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York57 min
Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPYork26 min
Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSchuylkill58 min
Jul 21, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren37 min
Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren27 min
Jul 21, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk, Warren36 min
Jul 21, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren19 min
Jul 21, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPElk37 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.