Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 10:05 PM EDT for Centre County, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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 28, 1990, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Centre County, PA, Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:08 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Centre, PA | |
| Aug 28, 10:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Centre, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 3320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KHAR 290204 RRA
SVRHAR
PAC027-119-290300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
1005 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
...CENTRE...UNION
AT 955PM THIS EVENING WE RECEIVED A REPORT OF WINDS DAMAGE IN
MILESBURG...NORTH OF BELLEFONTE IN CENTRE COUNTY. SOME TREES AND WIRES
WERE REPORTED DOWNED.
RADAR ALSO SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AREAS
OF PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
THIS EVENING IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING MAINLY EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLJESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, Aug 28, 6:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-282340 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 640 PM EDT MON AUG 6 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR...BRADFORD CLINTON...AND TIOGA COUNTIES... ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WATERTOWN NEW YORK...SOUTHWEST INTO ERIE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WAS ALSO A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM AHEAD OF THIS LINE NEAR BRADFORD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO TIOGA COUNTY AT APPROXIMATELY 730 PM EDT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REMAIN CALM. LIGHTNING IS THE BIGGEST KILLER IN THUNDERSTORMS...TAKE MEASURES NOW TO INSURE YOU CAN REACH A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FGURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN/PG
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-290025 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 725 PM EDT MON AUG 6 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR...BRADFORD CLINTON...AND TIOGA COUNTIES... AT 725 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR ITHICA NEW YORK...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR WARREN MCKEAN...AND POTTER COUNTIES OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE WAS ENTERING NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA HOWEVER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. TAKE MEAShURES NOW TO INSURE YOU CAN REACH A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSN/PG
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 9:22 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PAZ007-008-009-014-290230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA. 915 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY... EXCEPT FOR LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTIES TIL 200 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... AT 910PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM NORTHEAST OF DUBOIS IN CLEARFIELD COUNTY...EAST TO COLUMBIA COUNTY NORTH OF BERWICK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THESE STORM WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH. WSO HAR JORDAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.