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| Severe Weather Event - August 20, 2009 |
Funnel clouds were sighted over Dauphin County during the afternoon of August 20, 2009. Around 3:30 pm a local viewer passed images of a funnel cloud to a TV meteorologist which then relayed the report to the National Weather Service office in State College. Those images as well as radar loops and storm reports for the event are shown below.
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NWUS51 KCTP 210136
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
936 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S LIVERPOOL 40.54N 76.99W
08/20/2009 PERRY PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN ALONG HUNTERS VALLEY ROAD
IN BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE HALIFAX 40.44N 76.85W
08/20/2009 DAUPHIN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTED TREES ON WIRES IN MIDDLE PAXTON
TOWNSHIP.
0335 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NE MIDDLETOWN 40.23N 76.69W
08/20/2009 DAUPHIN PA BROADCAST MEDIA
TV METEOROLOGIST RECIEVED PHOTO OF FUNNEL CLOUD TAKEN BY
SPOTTER IN LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP.
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG LANCASTER 40.04N 76.30W
08/20/2009 LANCASTER PA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER.
0500 PM TSTM WND DMG LANCASTER 40.04N 76.30W
08/20/2009 LANCASTER PA BROADCAST MEDIA
TV METEOROLOGIST REPORTED THAT POWER COMPANY HAD 5200
REPORTS OF OUTAGES ACROSS LANCASTER COUNTY.
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG SHEFFIELD 41.70N 79.03W
08/20/2009 WARREN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN.
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRING CREEK 41.88N 79.51W
08/20/2009 WARREN PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
911 CENTER REPORTED WIRES DOWN.
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| Warnings and Storm Reports for Aug 20th, 2009 (click for larger image) |
Funnel Cloud over Dauphin County around 3:30 pm.
Image courtesy of TV Meteorologist ABC27. (click for larger image) |
Funnel Cloud over Dauphin County around 3:30 pm.
Image courtesy of TV Meteorologist ABC27. (click for larger image) |
| Storm Report over Dauphin county 3:35 pm |
| Storm Report over Lancaster County 5:00 pm |
| KCCX Radar Reflectivity Loop 2:38 to 3:51 pm (click for larger image) |
| KCCX Storm Relative Velocity loop 2:38 to 3:51 pm (click for larger image) |
| KLWX Reflectivity Loop 4:19 to 5:23 pm (click for larger image) |
| KLWX Storm Relative Velocity Loop 4:19 to 5:23 pm (click for larger image) |
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- Early (Earliest) Snow - October 15-16, 2009
- Heavy-Wet Snow Possible Thursday and Friday
- September 2009 Climate Summary
- Local Observer wins Thomas Jefferson Award
- August 2009 Climate Summary for Harrisburg and Williamsport
- Severe Weather Event - August 20, 2009
- Severe Weather of 9 August 2009
- Heavy Rains and Flooding - July 23, 2009
- Severe Weather of Sat July 11th
- Severe Weather Events - June 25&26, 2009
- Early (Earliest) Snow - October 15-16, 2009
- Heavy-Wet Snow Possible Thursday and Friday
- September 2009 Climate Summary
- Local Observer wins Thomas Jefferson Award
- August 2009 Climate Summary for Harrisburg and Williamsport
- Severe Weather Event - August 20, 2009
- Severe Weather Event - June 20, 2009
- Severe Weather Event - June 9, 2009
- Severe Weather Event - May 16, 2009
- Wet pattern of early May
- Heat Wave sets Record Highs
- Unusually warm weather in store.
- York County Straight Line Wind Damage Sunday afternoon Mar 29, 2009
- Tornado Damage in Lancaster County 29 March 2009
- Coastal Low and Deep Snow SE, March 1st-2nd, 2009
- Strong Winds, Feb 11th-12th, 2009
- Local Heavy Snow in Lancaster, PA Feb 3rd-4th, 2009
- Snow and Ice Storm, Jan 27-28th
- Low Temperatures Saturday 17 Jan
- State College Represents NWS at the PA Farm Show
- Heavy Snow in Central PA, Jan 10th
- Ice Storm then Heavy Rain in the South, Jan 6th-8th
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