Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS State College, PA

Issued

May 5, 1998, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 1998, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cambria County, PA

774 
WUUS01 KCTP 052246 RRA
SVRCTP
PAC021-052330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
643 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

   * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     SOUTHERN CAMBRIA COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

   * UNTIL 730 PM EDT

   * AT 641 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 31 MILES WEST OF SOUTHMONT...MOVING SLOWLY 
NORTHWEST. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR WEST CHAPPEL BY 7 PM.

LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA.

LAT...LON 4039 7862 4024 7869 4029 7907 4055 7883
          4048 7862
LA CORTE

NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 3:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
315 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 1998

WRKZNS SENT TO PHL AND PIT VIA PHLAFDCTP

...DISCUSSION...

UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON. A CONVERGENCE ZONE HAS SET UP ROUGHLY FROM JUST WEST OF
HARRISBURG TO JUST EAST OF STATE COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON AND RAIN HAS
BEEN PERSISTANT IN THAT AREA...JUST SCATTERED OUTSIDE OF THAT BAND.
6 HOUR FFG GUIDANCE IN THAT AREA IS AROUND 3 INCHES. WITH DEW PTS
ONLY IN THE 50S AND PWATS BELOW AN INCH FEEL THAT 3 INCHES WILL NOT
BE REACHED...ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALIZED 2 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN
BEST TRAINING AREAS. THEREFORE DID NOT GO WITH AN FFA. SHOWERS WILL
PROBABLY BE INHIBITED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BAND EARLY THIS
EVENING...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE AS SOME BREAKS HAVE
DEVELOPED IN PRESENCE OF COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
LOW. THE CONVERGENCE AREA WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THIS
EVENING AS THE UPPER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER SYSTEM IS NOW FORECAST TO TRACK EAST AWAY
FROM PA A BIT SLOWER THAN WHAT WAS SHOWN YESTERDAY. BASED ON MODEL
KS AND LAPSE RATES WENT WITH A CHC POP FOR THE NE 1/3 OF THE CWA.
ELSEWHERE SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY.

NEXT SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. WENT WITH
CHC POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THE WEST HALF OF THE CWA AND
INCREASING CLOUDS WITH NO POPS FOR THE EAST HALF.

MSE

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.