Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 7:41 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 34 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
- Jul 10, 1992, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lycoming County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:50 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Lycoming, 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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, Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 420 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 415 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND LAUREL MOUNTAINS. ONE STRONG STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGDON ALONG THE HUNTINGDON AND BLAIR COUNTY BORDER. THIS STORM WILL CROSS CENTRAL HUNTINGDON COUNTY AND ENTER MIFFLIN COUNTY BETWEEN 4:15 AND 5:00 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. STONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS IN ITS PATH SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PAST. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 518 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 505 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN IN PERRY...JUNIATA...HUNTINGDON AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES AS WELL AS MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND LAUREL MOUNTAINS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN NORTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THAT STORM UNTIL 600 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM IN BEDFORD COUNTY WILL REACH FULTON COUNTY AROUND 600 PM. STONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVNERE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 545 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 545 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN LEBANON AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEBANON IN LEBANON COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HARRISBURG IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHERN DAUPIN...SOUTHERN LEBANON AND NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTIES BETWEEN BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM OVER HARRISBURG WILL REACH THE LANCASTER AREA AROUND 615 PM. STONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 545 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 545 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN LEBANON AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEBANON IN LEBANON COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HARRISBURG IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS SOUTHERN DAUPIN...SOUTHERN LEBANON AND NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTIES BETWEEN BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORM OVER HARRISBURG WILL REACH THE LANCASTER AREA AROUND 615 PM. STONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:20 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Berks | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Berks | 35 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.