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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS State College, PA

November 8, 1996Perry County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 10:29 AM EST for Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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
Nov 8, 1996, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 11:15 AM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 Nov 7, 2:43 PM EST, 19 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 2:43 PM EST, 19 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 8:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPTioga3 hr
Nov 8, 8:41 AM ESTTornado WarningCTPBedford, Blair49 min
Nov 8, 8:48 AM ESTTornado WarningCTPFulton, Huntingdon72 min
Nov 8, 9:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPBlair, Centre4 hr
Nov 8, 9:02 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming4 hr
Nov 8, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Mifflin55 min
Nov 8, 9:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata55 min
Nov 8, 9:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPPotter, Tioga4 hr
Nov 8, 9:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming62 min
Nov 8, 10:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga69 min
Nov 8, 10:11 AM ESTTornado WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga49 min
Nov 8, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union46 min
Nov 8, 10:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Montour, Northumberland60 min
Nov 8, 11:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Sullivan66 min
Nov 8, 11:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill60 min
Nov 8, 1:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPTioga3 hr
Nov 8, 2:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York56 min
Nov 8, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster59 min
Nov 8, 3:59 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork4 hr
Nov 8, 4:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill4 hr
Nov 8, 4:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster4 hr
Nov 8, 4:23 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCTPTioga5 hr

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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.