Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS State College, PA

August 16, 1986Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1986, 6:35 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1986, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1986, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Dauphin County, PA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 6:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 61Dauphin, PA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.