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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS State College, PA

August 15, 1988Adams County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1988, 5:49 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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 15, 1988, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1988, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Adams 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 15, 5:52 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Adams, PA
Aug 15, 5:59 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Adams, 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton52 min
Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin39 min
Aug 15, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork29 min

Nearby

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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.