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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1996, 4:46 PM EDT for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1996, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1996, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Somerset County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 28, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Elk | 117 min |
| Aug 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.