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 13, 2:15 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FIRING ALONG UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL PA THIS AFTERNOON. WATCHING SOME WITH WEAK ROTATION AS THEY CONT TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY. WET BULB ZERO IS VERY HIGH...AND INCREASINGLY DRY ALOFT. CELLS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED HAVE PRODUCED LITTLE LIGHTNING SINCE THE FREEZING LEVELS ARE SO HIGH...BUT BOUNDARY LAYER IS QUITE MOIST WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. WL CONT TO MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO PULSE UP TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS THIS EVENING...BUT EXPECT MOST TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND AT MOST LOCAL PONDING OF WATER AS CELL ARE MOVING ALONG NICELY. CONVECTION FADES RATHER EARLY THIS EVENING AS HAS BEEN THE PATTERN LAST SVRL DAYS. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY WHERE IT RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... CONVECTIVE CHANCES TUESDAY ONCE AGAIN WILL BE DETERMINED BY EXTENT OF CAPPING PROVIDED BY 5H RIDGE AXIS WHICH PERSISTS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY OVER CENTRAL PA. BY LATE AFTERNOON...EXPECT THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO PASS INTO EASTERN PA SETTING THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE INITIATION. SPC HAS WESTERN PORTION OF MY AREA IN SLIGHT RISK FOR TOMORROW WITH INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE 0-6KM SHEAR AND BOUNDARY LAYER CONVERGENCE AROUND 00 UTC. SLOW MOVING UPPER TROF MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING INCREASING POPS AND SHRA/TSRA CHANCES OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSENSUS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE THIS UPPER LOW CUTTING OFF NORTH AND EAST OF OUR AREA LATE THIS WEEK EVENTUALLY BRINGING DRIER AND COOLER CONDS FOR THE 4 TO 7 DAY PERIOD. THESE TRENDS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS SO ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE GOING GRIDS MADE TODAY && .AVIATION... HAZE HAS THINNED OUT TO UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AND THE CLOUDS DEVELOPING ARE MAINLY ABOVE 3000. WE DO SEE SOME RW/TRW BREAKING OUT OVER WRN PARTS OF MY FCST AREA...BUT THE AIR ALOFT IS SO DRY THE ACTIVITY IS HAVING A HARD TIME REALLY PROPAGATING. COVERAGE IS SO FAR STAYING RATHER LIMITED. IT LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION SHUD DROP OFF AFTER HEATING LEAVING ANOTHER WARM MUGGY NIGHT IN PLACE. WILL LIKELY HAVE THE USUAL EARLY MORNING PROBLEMS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO HAZE AND FOG. WITH AOO SEEING A HEAVY SHOWER...MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THEM THE THE MOST LIKELY CULPRIT FOR LOW CIG/VIS FOR A TIME TOMORROW. ADD TO THAT LIST WHATEVER OTHER TERMINALS THAT GET HIT WITH THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DEVOIR LONG TERM...DEVOIR AVIATION...LACORTE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 553 AM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-140953- ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA- COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA- HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA- MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA- NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA- SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA- SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA- UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA- 553 AM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: THE REMNANTS OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PASS BY JUST TO THE NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A NORTH TO SOUTH BAND OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW LOCATIONS SEEING REPEATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ISOLATED AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. HEAT INDICES IN MID TO UPPER 90S WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE LOWER AND MID SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY REGION FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES TO NEAR 100 FOR SEVERAL HOURS TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS TO LIMIT THEIR ACTIVITY TO THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN THE SHADE OR AIR CONDITIONED BUILDING AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE DURING FROM THE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS. HAIL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. LAMBERT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 230 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 PAZ026>028-056-131930- HUNTINGDON-JUNIATA-MIFFLIN-PERRY- 230 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PERRY...JUNIATA...HUNTINGDON AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES... AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTINGDON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ORBISONIA AROUND 240 PM... SHIRLEYSBURG...MAPLETON AROUND 245 PM...MOUNT UNION AROUND 250 PM...AND NEWTON HAMILTON AROUND 255 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. FORECASTER: LA CORTE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 334 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 PAZ019-132000- SOUTHERN CENTRE- 334 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EASTERN CENTRE COUNTY... AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF BELLEFONTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MILLHEIM AROUND 345 PM AND REBERSBURG AROUND 350 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 357 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 PAZ036-063-132030- CUMBERLAND-FRANKLIN- 357 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF CHAMBERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR SHIPPENSBURG AROUND 410 PM...NEWBURG AROUND 415 PM AND WALNUT BOTTOM AROUND 430 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees, wires and power poles in the Shippensburg area. A portion of a roof under construction at Shippensburg University was blown off. In addition, a 100 foot machine barn was blown into a field.
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