Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Apr 9, 1995, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)

Expired

Apr 9, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adams County, PA, York County, PA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 092327 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC001-075-107-133-100030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
726 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...LEBANON COUNTY...SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
   ...YORK COUNTY
 
A BAND OF FAST MOVING STORMS WAS JUST EAST AND SOUTH OF HARRISBURG AT
725 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS.
 
PERSONS ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW...AS THESE
STORMS RACE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
MARTIN
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
300 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995

COLD AIR TAKING IT'S TIME TO MOVE SOUTH...
COLD FRONT JUST MOVED THRU PIT WITH STATIONARY FRONT SOMEWHERE
JUST NORTH OF UNV TO S OF IPT. UNV REPORTING A TEMP OF 72!
MEANWHILE BFD IN THE UPPER 30S ATTM WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IP-
/SW- FOR LATE THIS EVE.

MODELS SHOW IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS S PA LATE THIS AFTN AND EVE.
PBZ RADAR SHOWS TWO BANDS OF TRW MOVING THRU OH ATTM BUT DURING
THE PAST HR EASTERN LINE HAS SHOWN SOME WEAKENING.
PRECIP TO MOVE THRU CWA LATE AFTN WITH SHALLOW COLD AIR SEEPING
SOUTH BEHIND THIS FEATURE. NOTE... EARLIER PIT ISSUED A WARNING
FOR SE OH...THIS CELL SHOWED A VIL OF 35.

CLRING WILL GRADUALLY TAKE PLACE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT AS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE VA'S. EXPECT NORTHERN TIER TO SEE
A BRIEF PERIOD OF IP-/SW- BEFORE PRECIP ENDS THIS EVE. MONDAY
SHOULD BE A DECENT DAY WITH PTLY SUNNY SKIES(MORE CLDS SOUTH)
GIVING WAY TO INCR CLDS ACROSS W IN AFTN. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LIFTS NE INTO W PA MON NIGHT...CLDY WEST/ WITH INCR CLDS E.
TUESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE CLDS WITH AFTN RW- WEST.

5H HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE THRU THE 48 HR PERIOD IN RESPONSE TO
DIGGING TROF ACROSS WESTERN U.S.. FMR GUID SHOWS BFD FCST TO
REACH 65 AND CXY 71 ON TUES.

P.S....THANKS WALT N. FOR THE INFO.

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.