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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 5:36 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 69 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
- Jul 8, 1996, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1996, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dauphin County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Harrisburg, 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 Jul 8, 10:05 AM EDT, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 10:05 AM EDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 955 AM EDT MON JUL 8 1996 PLENTY OF CLD COVER ACROSS MUCH OF THE FCST/A THIS AM. VIS SAT PICTURE SHOWS CLRING TREND WORKtING INTO NW PA ATTM. BEST INSTABILITY ACROSS S 1/4 OF STATE...HENCE KEEP CHC POPS THIS AFTN IN THIS AREA. NEXT SHRTWV MOVES INTO REGION TONIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF TRW/RW TO FCST/A. WINTHER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 8, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 8, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 68 min |
| Jul 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Franklin | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.