Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 4:07 PM EDT for Indiana County, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports 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
- May 29, 1998, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Punxsutawney, PA | |
| May 29, 4:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Blairsville, PA | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 75 mph downed several trees and large branches. |
| May 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Creekside, PA | Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 44 min |
| May 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 53 min |
| May 29, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 29, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton | 35 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 41 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 47 min |
| May 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 45 min |
| May 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong | 55 min |
| May 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 52 min |
| May 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Westmoreland | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Washington | 53 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Westmoreland | 70 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Hancock | 46 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.