Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 2, 1995, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

County Adams County, PA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS01 KCTP 022212 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC001-041-099-022315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
612 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...PERRY COUNTY
 
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HUNTINGDON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES ARE
MOVING EAST AND WILL ENTER PERRY..CUMBERLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES AROUND
620 PM. DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS MAY REACH THE AREA BEFORE THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR CUMBERLA
 COUNTY BORDER WHICH MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS BY 620 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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, 8 hours 16 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.