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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS State College, PA

April 23, 1996Montour County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT for Montour County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 23, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Montour County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Apr 23, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 2:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PAZ006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
345 PM EDT TUE APR 23 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL  900 PM EDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

ELK...
CAMERON...
CLEARFIELD...
CENTRE...
CAMBRIA...
BLAIR...
HUNTINGDON...
SOMERSET...
BEDFORD...
FULTON...
FRANKLIN...
MIFFLIN...
JUNIATA...
POTTER...
CLINTON...
TIOGA...
LYCOMING...
SULLIVAN...
UNION...
NORTHUMBERLAND...
MONTOUR...
COLUMBIA...
SNYDER...
SCHUYLKILL...
PERRY...
DAUPHIN...
LEBANON...
CUMBERLAND...
ADAMS...
YORK...
LANCASTER...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH
IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE
OPEN.  STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LIGHTNING
IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS.  DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND
GET OUT OF ^OPEN AREAS.

FITZGERALD
Special weather statement, Apr 23, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 23, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 23, 5:19 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 23, 6:03 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland46 min
Apr 23, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan48 min
Apr 23, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Somerset59 min
Apr 23, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair57 min
Apr 23, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton, Huntingdon43 min
Apr 23, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Mifflin63 min
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin, Perry63 min
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata63 min
Apr 23, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, York53 min
Apr 23, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union58 min
Apr 23, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams57 min
Apr 23, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland57 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lebanon, Schuylkill60 min
Apr 23, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.