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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 16, 10:00 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
1010 AM EDT TUE OCT 16 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1147 AM 0.5 E HUGHESVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 LYCOMING LARGE TREE AND SOME CABLES
DOWN. TELEPHONE POLE
SNAPPED IN HALF
ALONG ROUTE 118.
215 PM WOODLAND PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 CLEARFIELD TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN ON
WIRES.
215 PM GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 BLAIR TREE DOWN IN BLUE KNOB
AREA.
225 PM HOUTZDALE PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 CLEARFIELD TREES & WIRES DOWN.
230 PM HOLIDAYSBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 HUNTINGDON TREES DOWN EAST OF
TOWN. ROADS CLOSED.
240 PM PORT MATILDA PA TREE DOWN WEST OF PORT
10/16/01 CENTRE MATILDA ON ROUTE
322.
301 PM STATE COLLEGE PA 42 MPH WIND GUST
10/16/01 CENTRE WIND GUST AT NWS OFFICE IN
DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE.
330 PM WOODWARD PA A TREE DOWN IN WOODWARD
10/16/01 CENTRE ON ROUTE 45.
435 PM WILLIAMSPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 LYCOMING TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN IN THE AREA.
437 PM UPPER FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 LYCOMING MANY TREES DOWN ON ROUTES
87 AND 973.
438 PM WHITE DEER GOLF COURSE PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 LYCOMING 60-70 MPH NON TSTM WIND
REPORTED BY A TRAINED
SPOTTER. LARGE TREE DOWN
2 FEET IN DIAMETER AND
35 FEET HIGH.
610 PM LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 CUMBERLAND TREES & WIRES DOWN
ALONG CREEK ROAD.
610 PM BERWICK PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 COLUMBIA TREES & WIRES DOWN.
615 PM NEWPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 PERRY TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE
849 AT NEWPORT AND
DUCANNON.
615 PM LIVERPOOL PA WIND DAMAGE
10/16/01 PERRY TREES DOWN.
MSEPAZ005-006-010>012-017>019-025>028-034>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 204 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2001 ...STRONG WINDS GUSTS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON... A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT A SHORT PERIOD OF STRONG...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM THE WEST AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL REACH A LINE FROM ULYSSES...RENOVO...LEWISTOWN AND CHAMBERSBURG BETWEEN 315 PM AND 345 PM. EXPECT THE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO BEGIN IN PLACES SUCH AS MANSFIELD...WILLIAMSPORT...SUNBURY...HARRISBURG AND YORK BETWEEN 415 PM AND 5 PM. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THE LINE OF GUSTY WINDS CROSSES YOUR AREA. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MAY BLOW AROUND OUTDOORS. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. LAMBERT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down in Woodland. Also, trees were reported down in Houtzdale at 13:25 EST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, October 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5268189.