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 Aug 13, 2:00 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 300 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2003 .SHORT TERM... WIDELY SCATTERED TSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. JUST ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING TO KEEP MENTION OF AREAS OF FOG FOR LATE TONIGHT. DRIER AIR GRADUALLY WORKS IN TOMORROW AND FRI THOUGH CONTAINING MENTION OF ISOLATED TSTORMS TO JUST THE SOUTHERN TIER. IN ADDITION...DAYTIME TEMPS WILL RISE WITH THE AID OF DRIER AIR AND SOME DOWNSLOPE OFF OF THE APPALACHIANS TO PEAK AT 90+ IN MOST PLACES BY FRIDAY. .EXTENDED... RIDGING WILL GIVE WAY TO A BIT MORE OF A ZONAL FLOW THROUGH THE EXTENDED...ALLOWING SOME LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION. WITH MAIN JET STREAM WIGGLING JUST TO OUR NORTH...THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL TO KICK OFF SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON TSTORMS. TEMPS WILL COOL BACK TO SEASONAL LEVELS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MDT 70 90 69 93 / 30 10 00 10 IPT 65 88 64 91 / 30 10 00 10 BFD 58 84 57 85 / 30 10 00 10 JST 65 84 63 84 / 30 20 10 20 AOO 66 88 65 90 / 30 20 10 20 UNV 66 88 65 89 / 30 10 00 10 SEG 67 89 66 92 / 30 10 00 10 LNS 69 90 68 92 / 30 10 00 10 THV 68 90 67 92 / 30 10 00 10 .CTP... PA...NONE. RXR
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-131015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 422 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a hotel in Andreas. Several trees were also uprooted.
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