Other Local Severe Reports:
University Park Airport (where I was): 58mph gust
Lewistown AWS Station: 42mph gust
Beavertown AWS Station: 43mph gust
NWS Storm Reports will be posted here:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/pa/public.html
At 05:30 PM 4/28/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Just got back from a mini-storm chase. Ended up at the University Park
>Airport where I witnessed golf ball sized hail. At the other end of the
>airport was apparently baseball-sized hail! Tree branches were down at
>that end of the road (1/3 mile or so from where I was). Here at
>WeatherMatrix HQ (State College, PA, geographical center of the state)
>quarter to golf-ball sized hail was reported.
>
>32mph wind gust during the hail. Well, time to check the car for dents :)
>
>NWS REPORT: "...A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Continues For Centre County
>Until 530 Pm... At 452 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar
>continued to indicate a severe thunderstorm near Centre Hall...moving east
>at 35 mph. Baseball size hail /2.75 inches/ was reported near University
>Park Airport with this storm by an off duty National Weather Service
>employee. Quarter size hail /1.00 inch/ was reported at the Nittany mall in
>State College. The severe thunderstorm will continue to pose a threat
>to...Poe Valley State Park and Millheim around 505 PM. A Tornado Watch is
>in effect for the warned area. Remember...severe thunderstorms can produce
>tornadoes with little or no advance warning."
>
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