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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Lebanon County, Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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 6, 2026, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2026, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dauphin County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Perry County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 Jun 6, 4:27 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 4:27 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 404 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-070815- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-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- 404 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant hazardous weather.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:17 PM EDT, 57 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 |
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| Jun 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Potter | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Elk | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Elk | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Potter | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Somerset | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton | 78 min |
| Jun 6, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Perry | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Juniata, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin, York | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 46 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.