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 Jun 27, 9:47 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 945 AM THU JUN 27 2002 UPDATING MAINLY TO REMOVE MORN/AFTN WORDING REFERENCES. SPC NOW HAS MUCH OF PA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR POTENTIAL OF SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS. AGREE AND WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM GUSTS AND ADD POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IN ZONES. REGIONAL SOUNDINGS SHOW UPR LEVEL WIND SPEEDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS TO ABOUT 30KTS WITH MORE CONSISTENT UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR. HOWEVER BELIEVE UPR SUPPORT/PROFILE IS LACKING FOR WELL ORGANIZED WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS WITH MAIN SFC LOW OVER ERN CAN. LIKELY POPS NORTH AND CHANCE ELSEWHERE IN CURRENT ZONES LOOKS GOOD. NO CHANGES BEYOND FIRST PD. WRKZONES ALREADY ON THE STREET. .CTP...SPS FOR SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PA. GARTNER
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-272030- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 925 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DESPITE UPPER LEVEL WINDS OF SOMEWHAT MARGINAL STRENGTH...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED STRONG OR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/CTP DEVOIR
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 145 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... MCKEAN...MONTOUR...YORK...SOMERSET...FRANKLIN...LANCASTER... CUMBERLAND...BEDFORD...LEBANON...DAUPHIN...PERRY...JUNIATA... HUNTINGDON...BLAIR...MIFFLIN...SNYDER...SCHUYLKILL...SOUTHERN CENTRE...SOUTHERN CLINTON...WARREN...TIOGA...NORTHERN LYCOMING... FULTON...NORTHUMBERLAND...CLEARFIELD...NORTHERN CENTRE...SOUTHERN LYCOMING...COLUMBIA...CAMERON...CAMBRIA...ADAMS...POTTER...ELK... NORTHERN CLINTON...SULLIVAN AND UNION. DEVOIR
The State College radar (KCCX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Around 100 trees were downed in St. Marys in a wooded area along State Route 1001, bordering State Game Lands #25. The area of town is known locally as Haneys Hill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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