Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1997, 2:50 PM EDT for Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1997, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1997, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 091849 RRA SVRCTP PAC057-091945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 250 PM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...FULTON COUNTY AT 250 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BEDFORD/FULTON COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WILL MOVE EAST AND PASS OVER THE TOWN OF NEEDMORE AT 300 PM AND SHOULD BE JUST SOUTH OF MCCONNELLSBURG BY 320 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'0T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. WINTHER/GRUMM
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 9, 2:39 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:39 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 235 PM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 ...DISCUSSION... QUITE BUSY SO WILL BE BRIEF... LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS (ORIENTED NE-SW) SLIDING SE ACROSS CENTRAL PA ATTM. HAD A CELL POP IN S HUNTINGDON CNTY THAT HAD A VIL OF 53. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE YET HOWEVER. LINE OF TRW DEVELOPING AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT. EXPECT TRW ACTIVITY TO BE SVR (STRONG WINDS AND HAIL) ACROSS LOWER SUS IN CTP CWA NXT 1-3 HRS. X-SECT'S FCST DRY AIR TO RAPIDLY INVADE PA TONIGHT SO CLEARING AFTER SUNSET FROM WEST TO EAST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE TO SLIDE INTO FCST/A ON THU BRINGING LOWER HUMIDITY AND SUNNY SKIES (A REAL NICE DAY). WINTHER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1105 AM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING IT. AS THE FRONT ENTERS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUOYED BY MID SUMMER H2EAT AND HUMIDITY...COULD BECOME SEVERE. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. WINTHER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:05 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1105 AM EDT WED JUL 9 1997 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA SAYS THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING IT. AS THE FRONT ENTERS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS...BUOYED BY MID SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY...COULD BECOME SEVERE. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. WINTHER
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-092400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 150 PM EDT WED JULY 09 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTEAST PENNSYLVANIA VALID UNTIL 8 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BLAIR... HUNTINGDON... BEDFORD... FULTON... FRANKLIN... MIFFLIN... JUNIATA...SNYDER...NORTHUMBERLAND... SCHUYLKILL... PERRY... DAUPHIN... LEBANON... CUMBERLAND... COLUMBIA... ADAMS... YORK AND LANCASTER. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 65 min |
Nearby
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.