Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1996, 7:33 PM EST for Clinton County, Lycoming County, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
- Mar 25, 1996, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1996, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Union County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Hall, PA | |
| Mar 25, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Loyalsockville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 260033 RRA SVRCTP PAC035-081-109-119-260130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 733 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...CLINTON COUNTY...LYCOMING COUNTY...SNYDER COUNTY ...UNION COUNTY A BAND OF FAST MOVING STORMS WAS JUST EAST OF STATE COLLEGE AND WAS RACING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 74 MPH IN THE STATE COLLEGE AREA. THE STORMS WILL RACE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITHIN THE HOUR. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW. STORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSPORT AND MIFFLINBURG AROUND 8 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MARTIN &
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 Mar 25, 2:53 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 2:53 PM EST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 240 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996 DEEP SFC LOW NEAR CIU WILL CONTINUE MOVING NE. COLD FRONT JUST WEST OF A ZZV-CLE LINE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THIS EVE REACHING UNV AREA ARND 00Z. KCCX RADAR SHOWS NARROW BAND OF PRECIP ACROSS CENTRAL PA (CTP HAS 10RW-). PRECIP DIMINISHING AS IT MOVES INTO DRY AIR. BAND ASSOC WITH WEDGE OF HIGHER DEWPTS. WINDS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM THIS EVE. COOL AND DENSE AIR IN VALLEYS WITH KEEP STRONG WINDS FROM MIXING DOWN. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO REGION ON TUESDAY. FLURRIES ACROSS NW MTNS (WARREN CNTY) FETCH 270-280 WILL CLIP EXTREME N TIER WITH LES. OTHERWISE PARTLY CLDY SKIES...BRISK AND COLD. TUESDAY NIGHT...CLEAR SKIES WITH SFC HIGH OVER AREA. WEDNESDAY...DECENT FGEN FORCING ACROSS AREA (COMBINATION OF FAVORABLE UPPER LVL JET REGION AND LOW-LEVL JET WORKING INTO FCST/A) WILL BRING SNOW INTO THE REGION BY WED NIGHT/THU AM. ...LAKE SNOW OUTLOOK... MON 7 PM TO TUE 7 AM...N TUE 7 AM TO TUE 7 PM...N/SW- EXTREME N WARREN CNTY TUE 7 PM TO WED 7 AM...N WINTHER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:49 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-045-260355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 551 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS... A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE WARNING INCLUDES MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK...CAMERON...CENTRE ...CLEARFIELD...CAMBRIA...SOMERSET...NORTHERN CLINTON...BLAIR...BEDFORD HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA...FULTON...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. $PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:51 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-045-260355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 551 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS... A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE WARNING INCLUDES MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK...CAMERON...CENTRE ...CLEARFIELD...CAMBRIA...SOMERSET...NORTHERN CLINTON...BLAIR...BEDFORD HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA...FULTON...WARREN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER. MARTIN
Local storm report, Mar 25, 6:35 PM EST, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
635 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996
TIME EST ...CITY LOCATION..........ST ...EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY LOCATION........
0610 PM JOHNSTOWN PA HIGH WIND
03/25/96 CAMBRIA PA ESTIMATED GUSTS 60 TO
65 MPH.
0630 PM CHERRY TREE PA WINDS
03/25/96 CAMBRIA PA ESTIMATED 35 TO 45 MPH
DUNHAMLocal storm report, Mar 25, 6:37 PM EST, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
635 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996
TIME EST ...CITY LOCATION..........ST ...EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY LOCATION........
0610 PM JOHNSTOWN PA HIGH WIND
03/25/96 CAMBRIA PA ESTIMATED GUSTS 60 TO
65 MPH.
0630 PM CHERRY TREE PA WINDS
03/25/96 CAMBRIA PA ESTIMATED 35 TO 45 MPH
DUNHAMSpecial weather statement, Mar 25, 6:46 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>035-045-260355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 551 PM EST MON MAR 25 1996 ...A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED AGAIN FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS... A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE WARNING INCLUDES MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK...CAMERON...CENTRE ...CLEARFIELD...CAMBRIA...SOMERSET...NORTHERN CLINTON...BLAIR...BEDFORD HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA...FULTON...WARREN AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER. MARTIN
Local storm report, Mar 25, 7:19 PM EST, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
718 PM EST TUE MAR 26 1996
TIME EST ...CITY LOCATION..........ST ...EVENT/REMARKS
...COUNTY LOCATION........
0714 PM STATE COLLEGE PA HIGH WIND
03/25/96 CENTRE PA GUSTS TO 74 MPH AT
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
DUNHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.