Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT for Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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
- Apr 12, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1996, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Corsica, PA | |
| Apr 12, 9:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Smicksburg, PA | |
| Apr 12, 9:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiana, PA | |
| Apr 12, 9:17 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Run, PA | |
| Apr 12, 9:27 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooverhurst, 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 Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Forest | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Lawrence | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.