Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Apr 4, 1995, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)

Expired

Apr 4, 1995, 11:45 AM EDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Huntingdon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA

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WUUS01 KCTP 041448 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC061-081-087-109-119-041545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1048 AM EDT TUE APR 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...HUNTINGTON COUNTY...LYCOMING COUNTY...MIFFLIN COUNTY
   ...SNYDER COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1045 AM...DOPPLER RADAR IN STATE COLLEGE SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR JERSEY SHORE IN WESTERN LYCOMING CLOUNY...
SOUTHWEST THROUGH STATE COLLEGE IN CENTRE COUNTY...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF
ALTOONA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSPORT BY 1115 AM...AND EXTEND SOUTHWEST THROUGH
LEWISTOWN.
 
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES... AND COVERING SOME
ROADS WITH HAIL.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JUNG/LACORTE
 
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NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 4, 1:27 AM EDT, 9 hours 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
125 AM EDT TUE APR 4 1995

FIRST FRONT WASHED OUT...FEW SHOWERS TO THE W AND N OF STATE
COLLEGE...AND OUTFLOW OF COOLER AIR WENT THRU EARLY EVENING.  DRY
PUNCH OVER WNY...WITH VERY STRONG FRONT HEADING TOWARD REGION
TODAY.

MAIN DYNAMICS FCST TO LIFT NE AWAY FROM AREA THIS AM...AND WITH
COLDER AIR COMING IN RIGHT BEHIND FRONT...THINK SHOWERS WILL BE
EAST OF MTNS...BUT NOT AS MANY AS IS THE CASE TO THE N AN W...NOR
DO I SEE THUNDERSTORMS.

EFFECTS OF COLD AIR WILL TAKE HOLD BY SUNSET ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION...AND TEMPS WILL CRASH.  STRONG DOWNWARD MOTION TONIGHT
AND SOME SHEAR...THUS LE WILL BE LIMITED...BUT A BETTER CHANCE ON
WED...AS WINDS LINE UP BETTER.  BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN
CNY...GIVEN COLDER AIR ALOFT AND FETCH...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH
PORTIONS OF W AND N PA.

THINK MAX TEMPS FOR WED WILL BE COOLER THAN MODEL OUTPUT...THIS
IS VERY COLD AIR...AND WINDS WILL BE ON THE GUSTY SIDE.  HARD TO
SEE ANYONE GETTING ABOVE FREEZING WED...BUT MAYBE PHL.

500 MB WIND MAX WILL BE OVER REGION WED...THUS EXPECT SOME STRONG
WINDS...BUT MOST LIKELY BELOW DAMAGING LEVELS...AS SFC GRADIENT
FCST TO WEAKEN WITH TIME.  MIGHT BE A FUN DAY IN THE MOHAWK
VALLEY OF NY.

TO EARLY TO TELL ABOUT WARM ADV. SNOW FOR THU.

EXPECT SOME RECORDS TO GO...MAYBE SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR SO
LATE...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL HELP KEEP TEMPS UP AT NIGHT...BUT SOME
READING CLOSE TO ZERO POSSIBLE.

MARTIN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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