Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bradford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 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, Jun 12, 2:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PAZ036-056-057-059-063>066-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA 240 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 230 PM HARRISBURG RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING CUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 245 PM. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. MATUSIEWICZ
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-121930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 240 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ELMIRA NEW YORK TO WELLSBORO TO CAMMAL THEN TO BELLEFONTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE IN NORTHEAST TIOGA COUNTY...SOUTH OF CAMMAL IN LYCOMING COUNTY AND NORTHEAST OF BELLEFONTE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CLINTON...TIOGA...LYCOMING AND BRADFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE WHEN A THUNDERSTORM IS NEAR. GINGRICH
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-121930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 240 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 ...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... AT 235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ELMIRA NEW YORK TO WELLSBORO TO CAMMAL THEN TO BELLEFONTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE IN NORTHEAST TIOGA COUNTY...SOUTH OF CAMMAL IN LYCOMING COUNTY AND NORTHEAST OF BELLEFONTE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CLINTON...TIOGA...LYCOMING AND BRADFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN KILL. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE WHEN A THUNDERSTORM IS NEAR. GINGRICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Union | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bradford | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Carbon, Schuylkill | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northampton | 27 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.