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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 9:58 AM EST for Clinton County, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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
- Nov 8, 1996, 9:58 AM EST (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1996, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, PA, Lycoming County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado F1 | Avis, PA | |
| Nov 8, 10:15 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Avis, PA | |
| Nov 8, 10:20 AM EST | Tornado F1 | Jersey Shr, PA | The Pine Station-Jersey Shore tornado moved east from Pine Station crossing Pine Creek into Lycoming County just southwest of Jersey Shore. The F1 tornado touched down about 2 miles southwest of Avis near Pine Station on the north side of Bald Eagle Mountain j |
| Nov 8, 10:20 AM EST | Tornado F1 | Linden, PA | This storm was a continuation of damage that occurred in the Avis and Jersey Shore areas. The tornado caused intermittent damage along a 2.5 mile path in Woodward Township northwest of Linden. The tornado tore a brick facade off the southeast face of the Lycom |
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 Nov 7, 2:43 PM EST, 19 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 2:43 PM EST, 19 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 8:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 49 min |
| Nov 8, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Fulton, Huntingdon | 72 min |
| Nov 8, 9:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Centre | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 9:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 9:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 69 min |
| Nov 8, 10:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 49 min |
| Nov 8, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 10:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Montour, Northumberland | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 11:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 66 min |
| Nov 8, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 60 min |
| Nov 8, 1:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 56 min |
| Nov 8, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 59 min |
| Nov 8, 3:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:23 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Tioga | 5 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.