Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1988, 4:37 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 7, 1988, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1988, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cumberland, 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA. 130 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY... AT 125 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG WAS OBSERVING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE FORMING IN SNYDER COUNTY AROUND MCCLURE AND MIDDLEBURG. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPINMG RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH JUNIATA COUNTY BETWEEN 130 PM AND 215 PM THIS AFTRNOON RESIDENTS OF THE SNYDER AND JUNIATA COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL UNTIL 230 PM EDT. WSO HAR LESHKO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 1:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA. 130 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY... AT 125 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN HARRISBURG WAS OBSERVING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE FORMING IN SNYDER COUNTY AROUND MCCLURE AND MIDDLEBURG. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH JUNIATA COUNTY BETWEEN 130 PM AND 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON RESIDENTS OF THE SNYDER AND JUNIATA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL UNTIL 230 PM EDT. WSO HAR LESHKO
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 215 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CLINTON COUNTY... AT 210 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY NORTHWEST OF AVIS. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH AVIS AND RAUCHTOWN IN CLINTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND MAY ALSO AFFECT JERSEY SHORE AND OVAL IN NEARBY SECTIONS OF LYCOMING COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 250 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...UNION... NORTHUMBERLAND...AND SNYDER COUNTIES.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES CLINTON...UNION...NORTHUMBERLAND...AND SNYDER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AS OF 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF KEATING...THE OTHER NORTHWEST OF ROSECRANS. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HARLETON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ALONG THE CLINTON/CENTRE COUNTY LINE AND THROUGH WESTERN UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES BY 400 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED AREA. CLINTON COUNTY EMA REPORTED SOME HEAVY SHOWERS...BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 250 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...UNION... NORTHUMBERLAND...AND SNYDER COUNTIES.. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES CLINTON...UNION...NORTHUMBERLAND...AND SNYDER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AS OF 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF KEATING...THE OTHER NORTHWEST OF ROSECRANS. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN UNION COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HARLETON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ALONG THE CLINTON/CENTRE COUNTY LINE AND THROUGH WESTERN UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES BY 400 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE DESIGNATED AREA. CLINTON COUNTY EMA REPORTED SOME HEAVY SHOWERS...BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. WTB
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:35 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 430 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...UNION... NORTHUMBERLAND AND SNYDER COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES CLINTON...UNION...NORTHUMBERLAND AND SNYDER COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR STATE COLLEGE IN CENTRE COUNTY SOUTHEAST TO HARRISBURG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PERRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY NOW OVER THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOW MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTOR9M WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.