1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 28, 8:40 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 940 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 ...WORK ZONES/ZONES ASAP... ...CHANGES... WILL ADJUST AS NEEDED. ...DISC... ...SHORT TERM... SECONDARY FRONT PUSHING SE. DEWPOINTS NOT REAL HIGH...BUT FRONT COMING IN AT TIME OF MAX HEATING...AND MODERATE JET MAX PASSING JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. EXPECT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...BEST CHC THIS AFTERNOON...ACROSS NE SECTIONS OF CWA. ...LONG TERM... CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD. ...OTHER... SPS...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...ISSUED FOR SLIGHT RISK...N AND E SECTIONS OF CWA. .CTP...NONE. MARTIN
PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-282145- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1105 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 ..THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON...AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. WHILE STORMS ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES WILL END BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...STORMS WILL LINGER NEAR THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON...EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS FROM THE WEST. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. MARTIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nearly 500 trees (418 pine trees, over 50 other hardwood trees) were knocked down by thunderstorm winds in Sawlter's Preserve, 6 miles southeast of Hebron.
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