Widely scattered showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front as it approached central Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening of July 13, 2023. The storms produced sporadic wind damage and one report of quarter-sized hail.
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The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
Widely scattered showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front as it approached central Pennsylvania during the afternoon and evening of July 13, 2023. The storms produced sporadic wind damage and one report of quarter-sized hail.
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 Jul 13, 6:41 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>The State College radar (KCCX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:56 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree across South Forge Road to the south of Campbelltown.
A severe thunderstorm produced quarter-sized hail to the southeast of Lebanon.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree across Whiskey Run Road near Colonel Drake Highway (PA Route 36) to the west of McGees Mills.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down multiple trees to the west of Grampian.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down multiple trees and wires around Grampian, including one across Curwensville-Grampian Highway (PA Route 879).
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree onto Coal Hill Road near Riverview Road in Clearfield.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees onto power lines in Howard.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down a tree onto power lines along Farrandsville Road to the west of Dunnstown.
A severe thunderstorm producing winds estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees onto Renovo Road (PA Route 120) in Grugan Township.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, July 2023
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1107581, 1107580, 1107583, 1107586, 1107584, 1107585, 1107591, 1107590, 1107587.