Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Nov 20, 1989, 8:20 PM EST (01:20 UTC)

Expired

Nov 20, 1989, 9:20 PM EST

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Schuylkill County, PA

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

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.

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TTAA00 KPHL 210124
SVRABE
PAC107-210220-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA
ISSUED BY PHILADELPHIA PA
820 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  920 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
          ...SCHUYLKILL
 
 
 
  AT 810 PM EST A GUST TO 70 MPH WAS REPORTED NEAR HIGINS IN WESTERN
 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
 
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER
INDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UNTIL 2 AM EST.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORRMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
615 PM EST MON NOV 20 1989

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

A RAPIDLY MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING. THE FRONT CAUSED WIND GUSTS OF 59 MILES AN
HOUR AT ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EARLIER THIS EVENING.  IN
ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT CAUSED
WIND GUSTS OF 81 MILES AN HOUR AT JAMESTOWN NEW YORK SHORTLY AFTER 5
PM THIS EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
BETWEEN 630 AND 930 PM. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES.  ANY LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE
SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS.

JSN

INT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA.
630 PM EST    MON  NOV 20 1989

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
TONIGHT...

A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT...NOW MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
...HAS ALREADY PRODUCED WIND GUST TO 59 MPH AT THE ERIE AIRPORT.

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED IN ADVANCE OF THIS
FRONT AND IS NOW MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
SHORTLY AFTER 645 PM.

ANY LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BETTER YET BROUGHT
INDOORS.

WSO HAR JORDAN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.