Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 2, 1995, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Blair County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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WUUS01 KCTP 022138 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC013-061-022245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
538 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...BLAIR COUNTY...HUNTINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN STATE COLLEGE SHOWED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUE KNOB IN BLAIR COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE NEAR HOLLIDAYSBURG BY 545 PM AND BE IN
HUNTINGDON COUNTY BY 600 PM.
 
 
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.

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 9:56 AM EDT, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
945 PM EDT THU JUN 1 1995

PIT SOUNDING SHOWING A DEEP LAYER OF MOISTURE OVER STATION WITH
PW OF 1.41 AND K INDEX OF 32. KCCX RADAR SHOWING A FEW SPRINKLES
ACROSS NE PA OTHERWISE NO PRECIP IN CWA. TO OUR WEST...KPBZ RADAR
SHOWING RW- AND A FEW TRW MOVING NNE ACROSS OH.

ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRIMED FOR HEAVY RAIN...HAVING A HARD
TIME FINDING A MECHANISM TO SPARK TRW ACROSS AREA. SFC LOW
TRACKING NE ACROSS OH LATE THIS AFTN WILL AID IN RW/TRW ACROSS OH
AND WESTERN PA FOR THE LATE AFTN AND EVE HOURS. 94Q HAS 1 INCH
TOTAL FOR W PA THRU 12Z SAT. NGM GRIDDED DATA HAS CLOSE TO A
HALF-INCH FOR CENTRAL PA THRU 12Z SAT (THIS ALREADY IN JEPRDY AS
PRECIP HAS YET TO MOVE INTO CWA THIS AM).

PIT... NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FFA. BEST AREA WOULD BE WESTERN 1/4
OF PA.

TEMPS MAY HAVE TO BE REVISED UPWARD ACROSS CENTRAL PA...SOME
AREAS HAVE HAZY SUNSHINE... TEMPS CLIMBING.

WOlULD LIKE TO SEE ONE MORE MODEL RUN...

WINTHER

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.