Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1994, 3:57 PM EDT for Lancaster County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1994, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lancaster County, PA, York County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 26, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 2 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...
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 225 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 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 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE. A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM DUBOIS TO JOHNSTOWN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RESIDENTS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FARINA/GOUGH
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 225 PM EDT THU MAY 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 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 220 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERVILLE. A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM DUBOIS TO JOHNSTOWN. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RESIDENTS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FARINA/GOUGH
Special weather statement, May 26, 3:30 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 61 min |
| 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, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 30 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.