Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 14, 1998, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 1998, 3:20 PM EDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS01 KCTP 141849 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC055-057-141920-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
248 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 320 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL IN THE VICINITY OF MCCONNELLSBURG
  ...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COVE GAP AT 300 PM EDT
  MERCERSBURG AT 310 PM EDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

BOOKBINDER/DANGELO

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
955 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 1998

PHLADMCTP SENT TO PIT/PHL AT 945 AM

...DISCUSSION...
LOW CLOUDS PERSISTING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL PA IN THE MOISTURE
LADEN AIRMASS.  HOWEVER KBFD METAR CURRENTLY SHOWING NEARLY CLEAR
SKIES ATTM.  AWIPS SATELLITE INDICATES CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO
THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND HANG TOUGH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION.  WITH THIS IN MIND...HAVE LOWERED HIGHS A FEW DEGREES IN
SOME PLACES...MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES WHICH NEEDED SOME
MORNING SUN TO GET CLOSE TO PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED TEMPS.

ALSO MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
LOWER SUSQ VALLEY.  UPPER JET STREAK APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST
WILL AID PRECIP DEVELOPMENT IN AN AIRMASS ALREADY PRODUCING SOME
SHRA/TSRA OVER WV.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN PA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE.  FOLLOWED ETA PRECIP
BULLSEYES AS A GUIDE AS THEY HAVE BEEN MOST ACCURATE THE PAST
SEVERAL MODEL RUNS. THE RESULTS ARE...RAISED POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS
THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASED POPS TO 60% FOR TONIGHT
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

THANKS FOR THE COORD CALL PIT.

.CTP...NONE.

RXR

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

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.