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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS State College, PA

July 21, 1998Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1998, 4:36 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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 21, 1998, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 1998, 5:35 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Whole counties

County Bedford County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 21, 4:55 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 51	Everett, PA	Trees down.

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 20, 8:50 PM EDT, 19 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 8:50 PM EDT, 19 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024>028-033>037-041-042-045>046-049>053
-211505-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
11 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 1998

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING OVER NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...

A WARM FRONT WILL USHER INTO THE REGION...VERY WARM...MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LA CORTE

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 9:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Potter	64 min
Jul 21, 10:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Tioga	62 min
Jul 21, 11:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Tioga	64 min
Jul 21, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	67 min
Jul 21, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	62 min
Jul 21, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia	63 min
Jul 21, 1:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia	63 min
Jul 21, 1:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia	56 min
Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	74 min
Jul 21, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Fulton	32 min
Jul 21, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Fulton	30 min
Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon	19 min
Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.