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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS State College, PA

May 26, 1994Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 2:14 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 1994, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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, May 26, 9:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-261520-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
1000 AM EDT THU MAY 26 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MOVING
THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1000 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTFIELD TO WELLSBORO...
WILLIAMSPORT...MILTON AND DANVILLE.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT OVER THE PAST HOUR.

THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE
WILLIAMSPORT AND WELLSBORO AREAS SHORTLY AND THEN REACH TOWANDA AND
LAPORTE AROUND 1100 AM EDT.

RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED MAINLY BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  HAIL AND/OR
DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY IN ANY THUNDERSTORM.  PERSON
LIVING IN NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS MORNING
AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERYONE IS
REMINDED TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND DO NOT
USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

FARINA

Special weather statement, May 26, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-261530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
1030 AM EDT THU MAY 26 1994

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUDNERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHCENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 1030 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MANSFIELD TO CANTON...THROUGH
LAPORTE BLOOMSBURG AND LANCASTER.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH AND CONTINUED TO WEAKEN OVER THE PAST HOUR.

THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE
REGION BY 1130 AM EDT.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE CONTAINED
MAINLY SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME LIGHTNING.  MOST AREAS JUST
SAW SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS LASTING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT MORE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.

FARINA

Special weather statement, May 26, 1:30 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-261830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA
130 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF TIOGA...BRADFORD...CLINTON...
SULLIVAN AND LYCOMING.

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

AT 130 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
NEAR WATERVILLE.  STRONGER STORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND STRENGTHENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.  REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE
DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

FARINA

Special weather statement, May 26, 1:55 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PAZ018-019-026>028-035-036-049>052-056-057-059-063>066-262000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
155 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND
   PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PA UNTIL 8 PM...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
INCLUDING MONTOUR...SNYDER...UNION...AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES.  THE WATCH
ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CENTRE...
MIFFLIN...AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.  YOU
SHOULD GO ABOUT YOUR DAILY BUSINESS...BUT BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND KEEP UP
TO DATE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AT 130 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS...WHICH WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER
CENTRE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF STATE COLLEGE AND OVER BEDFORD COUNTY
BETWEEN HYNDMAN AND EVERETT.

THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

MATUSIEWICZ
...ADDED WATCH EXPIRATION TIME...

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland	69 min
May 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Adams, York	46 min
May 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	63 min
May 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1994 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.