Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1994, 2:46 PM EST for Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 1, 1994, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 1994, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Nov 1, 10:02 AM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-012105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 205 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON IS TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 2 PM EXTENDED FROM NEAR DUBOIS SOUTHWARD TO GETTYSBURG. THE RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE COMBINING WITH STORM DRAINS CLOGGED BY FALLEN FOLIAGE TO CAUSE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AROUND THE REGION. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LA CORTE
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:05 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-012105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 205 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON IS TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 2 PM EXTENDED FROM NEAR DUBOIS SOUTHWARD TO GETTYSBURG. THE RAIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARE COMBINING WITH STORM DRAINS CLOGGED BY FALLEN FOLIAGE TO CAUSE LOCAL DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AROUND THE REGION. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LA CORTE
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:26 PM EST, 20 minutes before
PAZ058-066-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 227 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 8PM EST FOR LANCASTER AND SCHUYKILL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA VALID UNTIL 8PM EST. AT MID AFTERNOON A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TRIGGERING HEAVY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEFLY DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF SHORE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL BRING SHARPLY COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO THE REGION AS WELL AS AN EVENTUAL END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. LA CORTE
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:27 PM EST, 19 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 53 min |
| Nov 1, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 3:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Berks | 44 min |
| Nov 1, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lehigh | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Monroe | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.