Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 2:38 PM EDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIPT 131838 SVRIPT PAC015-131930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 238 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILLIAMSPORT HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...BRADFORD COUNTY AT 235 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF TOWANDA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WYALUSING BY 3 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NNNN
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
Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
100 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURRED ON JULY 6, 1994
CITY/TOWN/ COUNTY TIME REPORT
VILLAGE /EDT
COLLEY SULLIVAN 1520 DIME SIZE HAIL
COLLEY SULLIVAN 1525 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
SUGAR RUN BRADFORD 1525 3/4 INCH HAIL
WILMONT TWP BRADFORD 1555 PANTHER LICK ROAD WASHED OUT
CHERRYTOWN BRADFORD 1609 TREES...POWER LINES DOWN/PEA
SIZE HAIL
ATHENS TWP BRADFORD 1620 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
THE TOWNSHIP
TIOGA TIOGA 1629 3/4 INCH HAIL/TREES DOWN
GALETON TIOGA 1630 SHED ROOFS BLOWN OFF/TREES DOWN
WESTFIELD TIOGA 1635 TREES DOWN
WELLSBORO TIOGA 1700 TREES/ POWER LINES DOWN
WESTFIELD TIOGA 1715 RT 249 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
MAINSFIELD TIOGA 1730 NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED
RENOVO CLINTON 1735 TREES DOWN
TROUT RUN LYCOMING 1731 LARGE TREE DOWN
TROUT RUN LYCOMING 1736 METAL SHED BLOWN ON ELECTRICAL
LINES
WILLIAMSPORT LYCOMING 1745 WINDOW BLOWN OUT/ROOF DAMAGE
WIRES DOWN
MONTGOMERY LYCOMING 1752 WIRES DOWN
SOUTH WILLIASMPORT LYCOMING 1752 TREES/WIRES DOWN
MUNCY LYCOMING 1805 TREES DOWN
PENNSDALE LYCOMING 1815 TREES/WIRES DOWN
DUSHORE SULLIVAN 1820 TREES DOWN
BRADFORD COUNTY RECEIVED THE MOST DAMAGE FROM THIS SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT. A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTY WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THAT NIGHT DUE TO WIND AND LIGHTNING DAMAGE. FLASH FLOODING MADE 6
ROADS IN WILMOT TOWNSHIP IMPASSABLE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
GOUGHLocal storm report, Jul 13, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
100 PM EDT WED JUL 13 1994
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCURRED ON JULY 6, 1994
CITY/TOWN/ COUNTY TIME REPORT
VILLAGE /EDT
COLLEY SULLIVAN 1520 DIME SIZE HAIL
COLLEY SULLIVAN 1525 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
SUGAR RUN BRADFORD 1525 3/4 INCH HAIL
WILMONT TWP BRADFORD 1555 PANTHER LICK ROAD WASHED OUT
CHERRYTOWN BRADFORD 1609 TREES...POWER LINES DOWN/PEA
SIZE HAIL
ATHENS TWP BRADFORD 1620 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
THE TOWNSHIP
TIOGA TIOGA 1629 3/4 INCH HAIL/TREES DOWN
GALETON TIOGA 1630 SHED ROOFS BLOWN OFF/TREES DOWN
WESTFIELD TIOGA 1635 TREES DOWN
WELLSBORO TIOGA 1700 TREES/ POWER LINES DOWN
WESTFIELD TIOGA 1715 RT 249 CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
MAINSFIELD TIOGA 1730 NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED
RENOVO CLINTON 1735 TREES DOWN
TROUT RUN LYCOMING 1731 LARGE TREE DOWN
TROUT RUN LYCOMING 1736 METAL SHED BLOWN ON ELECTRICAL
LINES
WILLIAMSPORT LYCOMING 1745 WINDOW BLOWN OUT/ROOF DAMAGE
WIRES DOWN
MONTGOMERY LYCOMING 1752 WIRES DOWN
SOUTH WILLIASMPORT LYCOMING 1752 TREES/WIRES DOWN
MUNCY LYCOMING 1805 TREES DOWN
PENNSDALE LYCOMING 1815 TREES/WIRES DOWN
DUSHORE SULLIVAN 1820 TREES DOWN
BRADFORD COUNTY RECEIVED THE MOST DAMAGE FROM THIS SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT. A LARGE PART OF THE COUNTY WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THAT NIGHT DUE TO WIND AND LIGHTNING DAMAGE. FLASH FLOODING MADE 6
ROADS IN WILMOT TOWNSHIP IMPASSABLE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
GOUGHSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 2:00 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-131900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 200 PM EDT WED JUL 13 199 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA... AT 155 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM ELKLAND IN TIOGA COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF GALETON IN POTTER COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN THIS LINE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ELKLAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH TIOGA COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM EDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVLOPE OVER BRADFORD COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM EDT. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER @IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A THUNDERSTORMS IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GOUGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bradford | 45 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.