Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1999, 4:26 PM EDT for Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 13, 1999, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1999, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cambria County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Barnesboro, PA | A roof was removed from a tire service station in Barnesboro. About 10 employees were at the site when the winds came through the bay doors and literally picked up the occupants and pushed them backward. No one was hurt. When the winds hit, part of the roof |
| Aug 13, 5:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Patton, PA | Downburst winds struck Prince Gallitzin State Park on late afternoon of Friday the 13th, crossing the heart of the campground area in the park. Hundreds of trees were blown down by the strong winds, damaging trucks, cars, tents, and campers. A 20-year old ma |
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Spangler, PA | Trees were downed. |
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 86 min |
| Aug 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cambria | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Union | 66 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.