1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 9:00 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 900 PM EST TUE MAR 13 2001 FIRST COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SECONDARY SURFACE FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH FAIRLY DYNAMIC MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO CENTRAL PA. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME ENHANCEMENT TO THE CLOUD TOPS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PA...AND EVEN A FEW STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING DETECTED FROM TIME TO TIME. PRETTY DECENT SNOW SQUALL NOW OCCURRING OVER THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FEATURE. EVENT THOUGH TEMPS WERE WARM EARLIER TODAY...PROBABLY A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. FOR THE EVENING UPDATE...WILL REMOVE MENTION OF RAIN IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES...AND JUST GO WITH SNOW SHOWERS. ALSO WILL CONTINUE THE IDEA OF BLUSTERY CONDITIONS AS 30 TO 40 KT 850 JET WILL AT LEAST PARTIALLY BE MIXED DOWN THIS EVENING WITH THE DECENT DYNAMICS. FOR THE LAURELS...WILL BUMP POPqS UP TO LIKELY...AND MENTION AN INCH OF ACCUM. .CTP...NONE. JUNG
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A line of strong thunderstorms clipped southern Adams County during the evening of March 13th. Trees were reported down across the county, blocking several roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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