Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT for Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 18, 1997, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1997, 9:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Somerset County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Stoystown, PA | Thunderstorm winds took down trees in Stoystown. |
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.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 12:44 PM EDT, 7 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 12:44 PM EDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1240 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997 ...SUGGESTIONS... .PIT/PHL...CURRENT ZNS LOOK GOOD SO FAR. ...DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH YET...WNW FLOW AND LOW DEWPTS DONT SUPPORT MUCH...BUT STILL SOME FAIRLY HI DEWPTS FEEDING E FROM S. ONT/MI INTO NY. FIRST FRONT IS NEAR LAKE ONT...WAITING FOR VERY STRONG SECONDARY FRONT/STRONG MID LEVEL WIND MAX TO CATCH IT. LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SOME NICE LOOKING T/CI BANDS OVER LAKE ONT. FEW CELLS TRYING TO GET GOING NOW OVER W NY/AND E NY. THINK BEST CHC FOR ANY ACTION WOULD BE NE PA AND PTS N AND E...GIVEN THE ABOVE FACTORS...AND FCST TRACK OF FIRST VORT LOBE. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SIT. WILL NOT SET OFF SOME REALY UGLY STORMS. WITH ACTION NEAR MAX HEATING...AND LOTS OF DRY AIR AT LOWER LEVELS...IF THERE IS MUCH MID LEVEL MOISTURE...THEN STRONG DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY...GIVEN MID LEVEL WIND MAX. MAIN FRONT AND SHOT OF COLD AIR DOES NOT CLEAR PA TO LATE TONIGHT. MUCH COOLER ON SAT. HEIGHTS ARE NOT REAL LOW ON SAT...THUS MOST OF THE CU/SC SHOULD BE ACROSS NE PA AND PTS N AND E. A COOL NIGHT SAT NIGHT FOR N PA...AS WINDS DIE DOWN. A NICE DAY ON SUN. ENJOY. ^LONG TERM NOT A BIG CHANGE IN THE PATTERN. SMALL CHC THAT REMAINS OF DANNY COULD BRUSH S PA...AS NEXT FRONT HEADS SE BY ABOUT MID WEEK...BUT I WOULD NOT COUNT ON IT. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 505 PM EDT FRI JULY 18 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN UPDATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO INCLUDE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA VALID UNTIL 11 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ADAMS... BLAIR... CAMBRIA... CENTRE... CLINTON... DAUPHIN... FRANKLIN... MCKEAN... NORTHUMBERLAND... SNYDER... BEDFORD... CAMERON... FULTON... LANCASTER... MIFFLIN... MONTOUR... PERRY... POTTER... SOMERSET... TIOGA... CLEARFIELD... CUMBERLAND... ELK... HUNTINGDON... JUNIATA... LEBANON... LYCOMING... SCHUYLKILL... SULLIVAN... UNION... YORK... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WARM HUMID AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH WILL CAUSE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. THE COLD FRONT WILL SETTLE SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT BRINGING AN END TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS. WINTHER
Local storm report, Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
551 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0351 PM PORT ALLEGANY PA .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 MCKEAN
0351 PM CROSBY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 MCKEAN TREES DOWN
0425 PM NORTH BEND PA POSSIBLE TORNADO
07/18/97 CLINTON SIGHTED
MANY TREES DOWN
0426 PM RENOVO PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CLINTON TREES DOWN
0445 PM EMPORIUM PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CAMERON TREES DOWN
0450 PM AVIS PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CLINTON TREES DOWN
0915 PM LEWISBURG PA TORNADO
07/18/97 UNION POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTED
0915 PM MILTON PA TORNADO
07/18/97 NORTHUMBERLAND POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTED
0936 PM MILLVILLE PA 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 COLUMBIA TREES DOWN
FITZGERALDLocal storm report, Jul 18, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
551 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0351 PM PORT ALLEGANY PA .75 INCH HAIL
07/18/97 MCKEAN
0351 PM CROSBY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 MCKEAN TREES DOWN
0425 PM NORTH BEND PA POSSIBLE TORNADO
07/18/97 CLINTON SIGHTED
MANY TREES DOWN
0426 PM RENOVO PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CLINTON TREES DOWN
0445 PM EMPORIUM PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CAMERON TREES DOWN
0450 PM AVIS PA WIND DAMAGE
07/18/97 CLINTON TREES DOWN
0915 PM LEWISBURG PA TORNADO
07/18/97 UNION POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTED
0915 PM MILTON PA TORNADO
07/18/97 NORTHUMBERLAND POSSIBLE TORNADO SIGHTED
0936 PM MILLVILLE PA 58 MPH TSTM GUST
07/18/97 COLUMBIA TREES DOWN
FITZGERALDNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.