Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 10:54 PM EDT for Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 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
- Sep 14, 1990, 10:54 PM EDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Centre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 10:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHAR 150255
SVRHAR
PAC027-150345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
1054 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
...EASTERN CENTRE AND NORTHERN HUNTINDON
AT 1050 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG RECIEVED A
REPORT OF 63 MILE AN HOUR GUSTS WITH A STORM MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN
CENTRE COUNTY. THE WEATHER RADAR IN HARRISBURG WAS SHOWING THIS STRONG
STORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN HUNTINGDON AND EASTERN CENTRE COUNTY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF THREATENING WEATH=ER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE
PLACE IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.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, Sep 14, 8:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-150200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 850 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVBANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING...SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. AT 840 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD REACH WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY BY 915 PM AND WESTERN TIOGA COUNTY BY 930 PM EDT. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTE4N FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HM
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 8:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-150200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 850 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING...SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. AT 840 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA SHOULD REACH WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY BY 915 PM AND WESTERN TIOGA COUNTY BY 930 PM EDT. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HM/JSN CORRECTION FOR TYPO
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-150330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1030 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING...SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. AT 1030 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ELKLAND IN TIOGA COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN LYCOMING AND EASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRETCHING FROM NEAR PHILIPSBURG AND STATE COLLEGE THEN SOUTHWEST TO JOHNSTOWN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CLINTON...TIOGA AND LYCOMING COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO T%HE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HM/JSN
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-150235 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 935 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING...SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. AT 935 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR BRADFORD IN MCKEAN COUNTY SOUTH TO INDIANA AND LATROBE. OTHER CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ADVANCE OF THIS LINE OVER POTTER COUNTY AND STRETCHING FROM WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY SOUTH INTO CENTRE COUNTY. AT 935 PM EDT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CLINTON AND TIOGA COUNTIES AND SHOULD REACH WESTERN LYCOMING COUNTY BY 1015 PM EDT. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HM/JSN
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 10:30 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-150330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1030 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING...SULLIVAN AND TIOGA. AT 1030 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ELKLAND IN TIOGA COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN LYCOMING AND EASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRETCHING FROM NEAR PHILIPSBURG AND STATE COLLEGE THEN SOUTHWEST TO JOHNSTOWN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CLINTON...TIOGA AND LYCOMING COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEFLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS I)N AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HM/JSN CORRECTION FOR TIME IN HEADER
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.