Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
515 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL 700 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 700 AM. THIS
INCLUDES...TIOGA...BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN
COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING LIGHTNING.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAK8E COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF A STURDY BUILDING PROVIDE
THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

PMG/HM

PAZ006-008-009-013-014-161100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
515 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
   PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LOWER
   SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY....

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...

AT 515 AM HARRISBURG RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND LAUREL MOUNTAINS. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER BLAIR AND BEDFORD COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SLIDING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS
THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE
DRIVING...PULL OVER AND TAKE COVER IN A LOW SPOT. WATCH FOR PONDING WATER AS
WELL. ALSO...ALLOW FOR A LITTLE EXTRA TIME IN YOUR MORNING COMVMUTE TO WORK.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND
ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RODGERS

PAZ007-008-014-161030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
530 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL 700 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 700 AM. THIS
INCLUDES...TIOGA...BRADFORD...CLINTON...LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN
COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING LIGHTNING.

AT 515 AM EDT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWESR AND LOCALLY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS AREA EXTENDED INTO WESTERN BRADFORD AND EASTERN LYCOMING
COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN CENTRE AND BLAIR COUNTIESf.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF A STURDY BUILDING PROVIDE
THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

PMG/HM

PAZ007-008-014-161100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
620 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL 700 AM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 700 AM. THIS INCLUDES TIOGA... BRADFORD...
CLINTON...LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING LIGHTNING.

AT 610 AM EDT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LOCALLY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE LEADING EDGE
OF THIS AREA EXTENDED INTO CENTRAL BRADFORD AND WESTERN SULLIVAN
COUNTIES IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN A THIN LINE EXTENDING FROM RENOVA IN CLINTON COUNTY TO STATE
COLLEGE...HUNTINGDON AND EVERETT IN BEDFORD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES. INTERIOR LOCATIONS OF A STURDY BUILDING PROVIDE
THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

PMG/HM

PAZ006-008-009-013-014-161400-

FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT                  ...ISSUED UNDER PHLSPSHAR FOR PEMA...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
800 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...
   AND FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY TODAY...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRE AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES
   UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS
MORNING HAVE STALLED OUT IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER HAS DECREASED FOR THE TIME BEING...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING HAS
INCREASED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND LAUREL MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...CLEARFIELD AND BLAIR
COUNTIES. A RAIN GAUGE AT UNIONVILLE IN CENTRE COUNTY HAS RECORDED 2.28 INCHES
OF RAIN SINCE IT BEGAN FALLING EARLY THIS MORNING.

AT 800 AM HARRISBURG RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRE AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES DOWN TO
BEDFORD AND FULTON COUNTIES...THEN SOUTH INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA. INDIVIDUAL
CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH...WHILE THE AREA WAS SLIDING EAST
AT ONLY 10 TO 20 MPH.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BETWEEN 8 AND 10 AM. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS...AND IS A POSSIBILITY IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROAD...YOU COULD BE STRANDED OR TRAPPED.
THE DEPTH OF WATER IS NOT ALWAYS OBVIOUS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING EXISTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

RODGERS

PAZ007-008-014-161500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
930 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

...WATCH INFORMATION...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 200 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
INCLUDES TIOGA...BRADFORD...LYCOMING AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES.  CLINTON
COUNTY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.  THE WATCH
ALSO INCLUDES MOST OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING LIGHTNING.

...RADAR INFORMATION...
AT 930 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM BINGHAMTON NEW YORK DOWN
THROUGH WILLIAMSPORT AND THEN TO HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND.  THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOSTLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF PRECIPITATION.

...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE MAJOR PROBLEM FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  HEAVY RAINS THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY CAUSED
FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE REGION...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY
MAKE THE FLOODING WORSE.  ALSO STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORM...WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN BRING
DOWN TREES AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS.

...PRECAUTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...MOVE INDOORS.  STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.  ALSO IF YOU LIVE NEAR CREEKS OR STREAMS IN THE
AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF WATERS START RISING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RADAR STATEMENTS...
FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WILL BE BROADCAST UNTIL THE THREAT HAS ENDED.

KJF/HM