Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 1:50 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1992, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 KHAR 191753 RRA SVRHAR PAC055-191830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 150 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR IN STERLING VIRGINIA AND A REPORT REVEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAMBERSBURG MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH. 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 MOVEo TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 19, 11:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1142 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1135 AM EDT...A THIN BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM CEDAR RUN IN LYCOMING COUNTY TO FLEMINGTON IN CLINTON COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL CENTRE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CLINTON LYCOMING LINE JUST EAST OF WATERVILLE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CLINTON COUNTY AND INTO EASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY BY 100 PM EDT. PMG/HM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PAZ006-008-009-013-014-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 1215 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1200 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY 40 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSPORT TO CENTRE...MIFFLIN...HUNTINGDON AND FULTON COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN FRANKLIN...JUNIATA...CUMBERLAND UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES AROUND 1230 PM AND CONTINUE EAST TO MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN AND YORK COUNTIES BY AROUND 200 PM. THE STORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS A POSSIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. CARS MAKE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING...AND TREES ARE THE WORST. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AS LIGHTNING LIKES TO STRIKE HIGH PLACES. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-191800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 1240 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1230 PM EDT...A THIN BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM BUTTONWOOD IN NORTHERN LYCOMING COUNTY TO ROSECRANS IN SOUTHEAST CLINTON COUNTY AND CONTINUED INTO EASTERN CENTRE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN OVAL IN LYCOMING COUNTY AND ROSECRANS IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH LYCOMING COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY BY 200 PM EDT. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CARRY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER. PMG/HM
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:25 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PAZ-008-009-013-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 120 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 114 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY 40 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSPORT SOUTH TO UNION...SNYDER...JUNIATA...PERRY...WESTERN CUMBERLAND...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. AT PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN EASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND...CENTRAL DAUPHIN AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES AROUND 230 PM AND IN THE HERSHEY AREA AROUND 240 PM. THE STORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS A POSSIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. CARS MAKE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING...AND TREES ARE THE WORST. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AS LIGHTNING LIKES TO STRIKE HIGH PLACES. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:40 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PAZ008-009-013-191930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 135 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 130 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY 40 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSPORT SOUTH TO UNION...SNYDER...JUNIATA...PERRY...WESTERN CUMBERLAND...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. AT PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN EASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND...CENTRAL DAUPHIN AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES AROUND 230 PM AND IN THE HERSHEY AREA AROUND 240 PM. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC OF A TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF CHAMBERSBURG IN A WOODED AREA MOVING EAST. THE STORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL IS A POSSIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER IF THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. CARS MAKE AN EXCELLENT CARS MAKE) AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING...AND TREES ARE THE WORST. DO NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. KOWALZYK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 145 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 140 PM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM BLOSSBURG IN SOUTHEAST TIOGA TO WILLIAMSPORT IN LYCOMING COUNTY AND INTO CENTRAL UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CLUSTERED BETWEEN JERSEY SHORE AND WILLIAMSPORT IN LYCOMING COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH ALL OF LYCOMING C/OUNTY AND INTO WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY BY 300 PM EDT. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CARRY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER. PMG/HM
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.