Weather

Centre County’s Board of Commissioners on Thursday issued a declaration of disaster emergency after severe storms overnight caused significant flooding and damage to property. Torrential rain that started Wednesday night and continued into Thursday dumped from 2 inches to 5.5 inches of rainfall on parts of the area in about nine hours, with the Howard…

Overnight storms that dumped heavy rain on parts of Centre County flooded roads and caused multiple school districts to delay their starts or close on Thursday morning. Bellefonte Area School District is closed on Thursday, while State College Area and Bald Eagle Area were operating on two-hour delays. Parts of the region saw 2 to…

Updated 2:12 p.m. Tuesday, June 30. Centre County will see its first extended heat wave of the summer ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend as temperatures climb into the 90s with high humidity. The National Weather Service at State College has issued an extreme heat warning from Wednesday afternoon through Friday evening and a…

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 110 mph touched down in northern Centre County on Sunday night, the National Weather Service at State College confirmed. The EF1 tornado started at 7:31 p.m. about 2 miles south of Pine Glen near and along State Route 879, the NWS wrote in a public information statement. It…

Penn State has a delayed start for classes and work and Centre County school districts are closed on Tuesday as a wintry mix of precipitation makes for a messy morning commute. State College, Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola area school districts all closed their buildings on Tuesday because of icy conditions and highway…

Updated 12:46 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. Just as the snow from a late January storm in Centre County had finally melted, more is on the way Sunday. The National Weather Service at State College has issue a winter storm warning for Centre County and much of central Pennsylvania from 1 a.m. Sunday to 1 p.m.…