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 Oct 16, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2001 SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTED COLD FRONT RACING ACROSS THE REGION. A LINE OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS HAS FORMED ON THIS LINE...PROMPTING A FEW WARNINGS AND RESULTING IN REPORTS OF A FEW TREES DOWN IN BLAIR COUNTY. STRONG 850 MB JET IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT MIXING WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH TO THE SURFACE IN SPOTS. THE LINE REACHED THE OFFICE AT 3 PM SHARP...BRINGING ALONG A WIND GUST OF 42 MPH REPORTED ON THE ROOF. SYSTEM NOW BEGINNING TO RUN OUT AHEAD OF THE BEST DYNAMICS...BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS STRONG DRY TONGUE SURGING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. UPPER LOW ALSO PUSHING TOWARD PA WILL BRING A RETURN OF MOISTURE BY THE LATE EVENING. TRAJECTORIES ACROSS THE LAKES INDICATE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS FOR LATER TONIGHT IN THE NW MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS. WITH COLDER AIR FUNNELING IN...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THESE AREAS BY SUNRISE. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT AS THE SOUTHERLY JET GIVES WAY TO AN EQUALLY STRONG W/NW JET THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS OF 20-35 MPH WILL BE COMMON IN THE WEST WITH THE CONTINUED CHANCE OF GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN SOME SPOTS. SO WILL CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY LATE WED MORNING AND BY THAT TIME SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY TRAVERSES THE NE STATES...SCATTERED RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS. THESE WILL COME TO AN END WED NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE SW. THE NEXT WAVE BRUSHES NW PA FRI NIGHT BEFORE ANOTHER RESPITE FOR THE WEEKEND. NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP ON THE ENSEMBLES MOVES IN TUE/WED OF NEXT WEEK. EXTENDED TEMPS MODERATE TO NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS. .CTP...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH WED MORNING FOR THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND NW MOUNTAINS. RXR/ROGOWSKI
PAZ005-006-010>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 and wires were reported down 2 miles south of Shiremanstown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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