Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 1996, 3:10 PM EDT for Clarion County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 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
- Sep 12, 1996, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clarion County, PA, Jefferson County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Brookville, PA | |
| Sep 12, 3:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | New Bethlehem, PA | |
| Sep 12, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hazen, PA | |
| Sep 12, 3:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Richardsville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 69 min |
| Sep 12, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 29 min |
| Sep 12, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 42 min |
| Sep 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 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.