Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1992, 4:04 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 1992, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lycoming County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIPT 102004 SVRIPT PAC081-102100- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 404 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...LYCOMING AT 400 PM EDT LYCOMING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTS TRESS DOWN IN HEPBURN AND LYCOMING TOWNSHIPS IN LYCOMING COUNTIES. A TREE WAS REPORTED INTO A TRAILER IN HEPBURN TOWNSHIP. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CALL THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FJG/TG/KJF
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 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-014-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 215 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIS UNTIL 800 PM... AT 210 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ELMIRA NEW YORK SOUTHWEST ACROSS POTTER AND CAMERON COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... AND CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE LAUREL MOUTAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THEY WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRE COUNTY BETWEEN 215 AND 400 PM REACHING THE STATE COLLEGE AREA BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PRA
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-014-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 215 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIS UNTIL 800 PM... AT 210 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ELMIRA NEW YORK SOUTHWEST ACROSS POTTER AND CAMERON COUNTIES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... AND CAMBRIA AND SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE LAUREL MOUTAINS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THEY WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRE COUNTY BETWEEN 215 AND 400 PM REACHING THE STATE COLLEGE AREA BETWEEN 245 AND 300 PM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PRA
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-101930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 227 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM WESTFIELD IN TIOGA COUNTY TO KEATING IN CLINTON COUNTY THEN TO PHILLIPSBURG AND ALTOONA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF WELLSBORO...15 MILES WEST OF RENOVO AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEATING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN LYCOMING COUNTY BY 315 PM EDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERYONE SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FJG/TG NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:08 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-014-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 300 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... AT 300 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLINTON COUNTY...SOUTH TO NEAR STATE COLLEGE IN CENTRE COUNTY...TO 5 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGDON IN HUNTINGDON AND EASTERN BLAIR COUNTY...TO NORTHERN BEDFORD AND EASTERN SOMERSET COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGDON ALONG THE HUNTINGDON AND BLAIR COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WILL REACH THE HUNTINGDON AND MOUNT UNION AREAS BETWEEN 310 AND 320 PM...CROSS HUNTINGDON COUNTY BETWEEN 300 AND 345 PM ...AND ENTER MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES AROUND 345 PM. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS P*OTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PRA
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:57 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 357 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SEVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM TROY IN BRADFORD COUNTY...THEN TO TROUT RUN AND JERSEY SHORE IN LYCOMING COUNTY THEN SOUTHWEST TO LEWISTOWN AND ALTOONA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TROUT RUN TO LEWISTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN BRADFORD COUNTIES BY 420 PM EDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERYONE SHOULD STAY TUNED NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FJG/TG NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 4:02 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-102130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 400 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... AT 350 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY...SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN CENTRE COUNTY...TO 5 MILES WEST OF LEWISTOWN IN MIFFLIN COUNTY...TO 10 MILES WEST OF ORBISONIA IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY...TO AROUND EVERETT IN BEDFORD COUNTY...AND ON SOUTH INTO MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ORBISONIA IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.THIS STORM WILL CROSS CENTRAL HUNTINGDON COUNTY PASSING NEAR THE ORBISONIA AND MOUNT UNION AREAS BETWEEN 400 PM AND 445 PM...AND THEN ENTER WESTERN MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES BETWEEN 445 PM AND 500 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN MIFFLIN COUNTY AND CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES PER HOUR. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SOME AREAS ARE REPORTING RAINFALL OF NEAR 1.00 INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. PRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bradford | 61 min |
| Sep 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 58 min |
| Sep 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 62 min |
| Sep 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Pike | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Monroe | 64 min |
Nearby
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.