Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1996, 3:58 PM EDT for Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
- Jun 18, 1996, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Indiana County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Homer City, PA | |
| Jun 18, 4:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksburg, PA | |
| Jun 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Indiana, 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.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PAZ004>036-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069- WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-MDZ001-190200- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 205 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF MARYLAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BLAIR BEDFORD BUTLER CAMBRIA CAMERON CENTRE CLARION CLEARFIELD CLINTON ELK FAYETTE FOREST FRANKLIN FULTON GREENE HUNTINGDON INDIANA JEFFERSON JUNIATA LAWRENCE MCKEAN MERCER MIFFLIN POTTER SOMERSET VENANGO WARREN WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL. IN WESTERN MARYLAND... GARRETT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY. BE PHREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041- OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-MDZ001-190200- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTION COUNTY LISTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 210 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR MOST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF MARYLAND. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8PM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... ALLEGHENY ARMSTRONG BEAVER BUTLER CLARION FAYETTE FOREST GREENE INDIANA JEFFERSON LAWRENCE MERCER VENANGO WASHINGTON WESTMORELAND. IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARION MARSHALL MONONGALIA OHIO PRESTON TUCKER WETZEL. IN WESTERN MARYLAND... GARRETT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLASH FLOODINGZ IS A POSSIBILITY NOT A CERTAINTY. BE PREPARED FOR QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Butler | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Westmoreland | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 107 min |
| Jun 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Brooke | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Tucker | 3 hr |
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.