Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 4:12 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 1996, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sullivan County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Colley, PA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-240200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1130 AM EDT TUE APR 23 1996 THE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTS OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JUNG
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PAZ006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 345 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ELK... CAMERON... CLEARFIELD... CENTRE... CAMBRIA... BLAIR... HUNTINGDON... SOMERSET... BEDFORD... FULTON... FRANKLIN... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA... POTTER... CLINTON... TIOGA... LYCOMING... SULLIVAN... UNION... NORTHUMBERLAND... MONTOUR... COLUMBIA... SNYDER... SCHUYLKILL... PERRY... DAUPHIN... LEBANON... CUMBERLAND... ADAMS... YORK... LANCASTER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN. STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND GET OUT OF ^OPEN AREAS. FITZGERALD
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton, Huntingdon | 43 min |
| Apr 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin, Perry | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Northumberland | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 60 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.