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 Jun 6, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE 300 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002 ...FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT... STEADY SOAKING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL PA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MOST RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS PER HOUR. THERE ARE SOME EMBEDDED HEAVIER ELEMENTS...MOST LIKELY INDUCED BY SOME MINOR UPSLOPE COMPONENT. SHALLOW COOL AIR MASS HAS MADE IT THROUGH AT LEAST NW TWO THIRDS OF CWA...WHILE SE 1/3 STILL WARM AND SULTRY. THIS AREA WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR CONVECTION LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...COULD BE ELEVATED IN NATURE AS SHALLOW COOL AIR MASS UNDERCUTS WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS. WL MAINTAIN FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL SE PORTIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SFC LOW WILL TRAVEL JUST S OF CWA OVERNIGHT...AND OFF DELMARVA FRI AM. RAIN SHOULD TAPER FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH MAY LINGER UNTIL DAYBREAK ACROSS THE FAR SE. ON FRI...PRECIP SHOULD BE EXITING CWA...BUT ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE TRAPPED UNDER STRENGTHENING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION. THEREFORE...ANY BRIEF BREAKS SHOULD FILL IN RATHER QUICKLY BY MIDDAY FRI...WITH MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN PREVALENT. WILL ALSO UNDERCUT MOS A BIT WITH NGM AND AVN DUE TO PROSPECTS FOR MORE CLOUDS. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR FOR FRI NIGHT WITH CHILLY TEMPS ON TAP...M/U 40S FOR MANY N/W LOCALES. WEEKEND LOOKS DECENT...ALTHOUGH WILL NEED TO WATCH SHORTWAVE TO OUR NW. THIS SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO BUILDING MID ATLANTIC RIDGE...BUT SOME RESIDUAL MID LEVEL CLOUDS MAY STILL MAKE IT INTO AREA FOR A TIME ON SUNDAY. RATHER WARM FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT COULD COME CLOSE LATE MON INTO EARLY TUE. IF THIS BOUNDARY STAYS A BIT FURTHER NORTH...THEN THE SE PORTION OF THE CWA COULD BECOME RATHER TOASTY TUE-WED NEARING OR EVEN EXCEEDING 90 F. NEXT COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM W LATE WED INTO THU...BUT MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO SLOW ITS FORWARD MOTION DUE TO MORE ENERGY DIGGING OUT WEST. .CTP...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE CENTRAL AND LOWER SUSQ VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAMERON...ELK...MCKEAN...AND WARREN COUNTIES IN NW PENN. KL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed in Lancaster. Several cars were damaged from the falling trees on West King Street. On South Prince Street, moderate damage was sustained by a home due to strong winds. Another home on Maple Avenue was damaged by a falling tree. On Millersville Road, a travel-trailer was flipped over by the wind.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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