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 Sep 29, 5:49 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 649 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... ONE MORE WATCH BOX...THIS ONE WILL BE FOR ERN/CENTRAL COS. REST UNCHANGED. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ONGOING. NO TIME FOR LSR. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 536 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... WILL UPDATE TO INCLUDE A WIND ADVISORY FOR NW AREAS AS WELL. TREES DOWN IN WARREN COUNTY JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 411 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... SPC WILL BE ISSUING SVR BOX 824 ANY SECOND NOW. WILL UPDATE WITH WORDING AS NEEDED FOR NRN TIER. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 201 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... LOTS OF STUFF TO DO THIS MORNING...AS FRONT IS CHARGING INTO THE WEST...WITH SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME POSSIBLE THUNDER. MOST AREAS WILL NOT HEAR THUNDER...SO WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE IT OUT. CATG POPS IN ORDER FOR ALL AREAS...EXCEPT PERHAPS THE FAR LWR SUSQ...AS DYNAMICS LACKING AND DOWNSLOPE MIGHT TAKE OVER QUICKLY THIS MORNING. WILL HOLD THE COURSE THERE...THO AND KEEP POPS 80 OR BETTER. WINDS HAVE BEEN UNUSUALLY BREEZY TONIGHT AND WILL KICK UP EVEN MORE AS THE FRONT PASSES. NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOW 3KFT WINDS NEARING 60 KTS OVER KJST THIS MORNING...BUT BELIEVE THAT IS OVERDONE. THE DIR SHEAR IN THE LOWEST FEW KFT SHOULD ALSO HELP TO KEEP THAT STUFF (IF IT IS THAT STRONG) FROM MIXING DOWN TO THE SFC. WILL THEREFORE JUST MENTION HIGHER END GUSTS (40-45 MPH) IN THE ZONES...BUT STAY JUST SHY OF WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA (46 MPH). TWINGS AND SMALL LIMBS MAY GET BROKEN OFF...BUT IT IS LATE SEPT WILL ISSUE AN SPS ABOUT THE GUSTY WINDS THIS AM. PRECIP TAPERS OFF QUICKLY AFTER FROPA. THINGS SHOULD BE DRY IN MOST PLACES AFTER NOON...AND MAY EVEN GET PT SUNNY...BUT WILL HOLD CHC SHRA IN NW/NRN TIER FOR COLD- ADVECTIVE LAKE-EFFECT SHRA. WINDS SLACKEN FAST TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT...TOO - EXCEPT PERHAPS VERY CLOSE TO THE LAKE SHORE AND NWRN MTS. THAT SLIM POSSIBILITY OF CLOUDS MAY NOT BE ENUF TO KEEP THE TEMPS FROM FALLING OFF THE TABLE...AND GETTING CLOSE TO FREEZING IN MOST NRN AREAS FRI AM. THUS...WILL ISSUE FROST ADVISORY FOR CLEARING SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND TEMPS IN THE MID 30S (OR COLDER?). FROST ADVISORY WILL BE NORTH OF I-80...BUT SOME OTHER PLACES/VALLEYS (IN THE LAURELS AND SCENT COS) COULD GET INTO MID 30S...SO WILL WORD FOR PATCHY FROST THERE. QUIET AND NICE/CLIMO FOR FRIDAY. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NO CHANGES HERE...AS DRY AND WARMER-THAN-NORMAL PATTERN SETS UP. QUICK SLAP FROM THIS TROF WILL BE A BAD MEMORY AS THOSE LOWER THAN NORMAL HEIGHTS ARE FAST-REPLACED BY A HUGE AREA OF POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES OVER NOAM - WITH +2.25 STDV ANOMALY CENTERED OVER MAINE BY DAY4. NO CHANCE FOR RAIN EXISTS IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST. AVIATION... DEEPENING LOW WILL PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LLWS LIKELY EARLY...MAINLY IN SPOTS WHERE THE LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE STILL FAIRLY LIGHT. MAINLY VFR AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT SOME MVFR IN AREAS OF CU AND ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS. POCKETS OF MVFR LATER THIS AM AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SHOWERS ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE STRONG TODAY...ESPECIALLY AROUND MIDDAY...GIVEN COLD ADVECTION...FAST MOVEMENT OF SYSTEMS...STILL DECENT HEATING BY THE SUN...AND WINDS ALOFT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH LIKELY...WITH PERHAPS A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. HEIGHTS COME UP FAST LATER TODAY...THUS WINDS AND SC WILL DIE OFF FAIRLY FAST. PRIOR TO THIS...SOME HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS LIKELY...MAINLY N PA...AS LAKES ARE STILL QUITE WARM. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-033-037-041- 042 UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAZ012-018-019-025>028-041-042- 045-046-049>053-058 UNTIL 1 PM THURSDAY. FROST ADVISORY FOR PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-037-041-042 FROM 2 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM FRIDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PAZ004>006-037 UNTIL 9 AM THURSDAY. && SHORT TERM...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 234 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>026-033>035-037-041-042-045-046- 291245- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING- 234 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005 ...GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL BE HERALDED BY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL RAPIDLY TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE ON THE RIDGE TOPS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS. WINDS LIKE THIS CAN KNOCK DOWN SMALL BRANCHES AND TWIGS. THEY CAN ALSO MAKE CONTROLLING A HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLE DIFFICULT. USE CARE IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING THIS MORNING. DANGELO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
726 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0527 AM TSTM WND DMG WARREN 41.84N 79.14W
09/29/2005 WARREN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
REPORTS OF TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY
0555 AM TSTM WND DMG BRADFORD 41.96N 78.64W
09/29/2005 MCKEAN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0605 AM TSTM WND DMG WILCOX 41.58N 78.68W
09/29/2005 ELK PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN
0610 AM TSTM WND DMG WESTLINE 41.77N 78.75W
09/29/2005 MCKEAN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN ON WIRES
0620 AM TSTM WND DMG SHINGLEHOUSE 41.97N 78.19W
09/29/2005 POTTER PA CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT
0627 AM TSTM WND DMG DUBOIS 41.12N 78.76W
09/29/2005 CLEARFIELD PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN
0635 AM TSTM WND DMG JOHNSTOWN 40.33N 78.92W
09/29/2005 CAMBRIA PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT IN
JOHNSTOWN.
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RMRThe State College radar (KCCX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A line of thunderstorms knocked down trees across Lycoming County. In Williamsport itself, trees were knocked down in Brandon Park and along Sheridan Street.
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