Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1992, 7:09 PM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 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 10, 1992, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Pike, 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
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABE 102312 SVRABE PAC103-110015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 709 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALLENTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA ...PIKE COUNTY AT 705 PM EDT A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN A THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE WALLENPAUPACK...PIKE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MILLER
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, 4:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 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
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 501 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED FOR BRADFORD AND LYCOMING COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM... AT 500 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM MONTROSE TO DUSHORE...THEN TO LAIRDSVILLE...LEWISBURG AND MIDDLEBURG. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF LAPORTE AND OVER LEWISBURG IN UNION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING OUT OF BRADFORD...SULLIVAN AND LYCOMING COUNTY BY 530 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SHELTER IF TH8REATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERYONE WHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FJG/TG/KJF NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 600 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 555 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EXTENDING DOWN THROUGH ACROSS SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE STILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BEHIND THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. KJF/TG
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:18 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 615 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 615 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. SINCE THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KJF/TG
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:30 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 630 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNTIL 800 PM... AT 620 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG THEN ACROSS CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE MASON AND DIXON LINE INTO MAEYLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. 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. A TREE AND WIRES WERE DOWNED EARLIER NEAR WAYNESBORO IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:41 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 640 PM EDT THU SEP 10 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY... ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNTIL 800 PM... AT 620 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG THEN ACROSS CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY AND ACROSS THE MASON AND DIXON LINE INTO MAEYLAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. 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. A TREE AND WIRES WERE DOWNED EARLIER NEAR WAYNESBORO IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. KOWALZYK
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, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 56 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, 7:11 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.