Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 6, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1992, 6:53 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1992, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lancaster County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 282255 TORHAR PAC071-282330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 653 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY AT 650 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN STERLING VIRGINIA SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY FROM MARYLAND. SPOTTERS RECENTLY SIGHTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 28, 4:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PAZ006-009-013-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 430 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 425 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE ALTOONA AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DOWN TO THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE AROUND MARTINSBURG...WV AND MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN FRANKLIN OR ADAMS COUNTY...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. OTHER COUNTIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM INCLUDE HUNTINGDON...CENTRE...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA ...PERRY AND CUMBERLAND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORzS BY STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RODGERS
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PAZ007-008-014-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 540 PM EDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON...LYCOMING...AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 530 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN WERE FALLING FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH BETWEEN A HALF /.50/ TO ONE /1.00/ INCHES REPORTED IN ONE HOUR OVER NORTHERN LYCOMING AND CLEARFIELD COUNTIES. ALSO A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN PHILLIPSBURG AND HAGARSTOWN MARYLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO AND GREATER THAN 58 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 630 PM EDT AND 900 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ALSO PREPARE TO TIE DOWN LOOSE OBJECTS ON YOUR PROPERTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE PLACE...PREFERABLY AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES...THEY DO NOT ALWAYS PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM STRONG WINDS. KJF
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PAZ006-009-013-008-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 530 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 525 PM EDT HARRISBURG RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR STATE COLLEGE IN CENTRE COUNTY SOUTH CHAMBERSBURG IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND FURTHER INTO NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERSBURG IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND 15 MILES SOUTH OF LEWISTOWN IN MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTIES. IF YOU LIVE IN FRANKLIN...CUMBERLAND...PERRY...JUNIATA...AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HUNTINGDON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1100 PM. PRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Franklin | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 69 min |
| Aug 28, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bradford | 68 min |
| Aug 28, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Berks, Schuylkill | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.