Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 1996, 6:02 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Dauphin County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
- Sep 28, 1996, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 6:17 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Spring Grove, PA | |
| Sep 28, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Camp Hill, PA | |
| Sep 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Steelton, 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 55 min |
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.