Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1999, 5:39 PM EDT for Lycoming County, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1999, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lycoming County, PA, Union County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Jersey Shr, PA | Trees down. |
| Aug 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mifflinburg, 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 Aug 13, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 3:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 325 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999 LINES OF SCATTERED TSRA NOW FORMING BACK IN W PA AND OHIO. WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME ACTIVITY FIRE AND COME INTO WEST PA THIS EVENING THEN WEAKEN BEFORE REACHING CENTRAL PA. MOST MODELS INITIALIZED TOO WET...BUT LAST FEW RUNS OF MM5 HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO REALITY. WILL LOWER POPS FOR TONIGHT TO CHC AND WORD AS MAINLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. SATURDAY WILL FEATURE MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIP AS SW TROF AXIS AND VORT MOVE THRU...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATING PLENTY OF DEEP MOISTURE AND INSTABILTY TO BE TAPPED. WIND PROFILES ALSO SUGGEST SVR POTENTIAL. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS ALL ZONES. HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FOR SVR WILL MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING DAY. MOST SIG PRECIP SHUD BE EAST OF CTP CWA BY SAT EVE...WITH SHRA LINGERING THRU OVERNIGHT PERIOD IN EAST ZONES. THINGS DRY OUT FOR SUN...WITH MODERATING TEMPS INTO MIDWEEK. .CTP...NONE. OSTUNO/ SCALIO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-037-041-045-046-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1153 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE MIDWEST WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION... FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. .END/ OSTUNO/ SCALIO ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE STATE COLLEGE WEBSITE AT: HTTP://BOOKEND.MET.PSU.EDU (ALL LOWER CASE)
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024-025-033-037-041-045-046-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1153 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 1999 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE MIDWEST WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME LOCALLY SEVERE...CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION... FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. .END/ OSTUNO/ SCALIO ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE STATE COLLEGE WEBSITE AT: HTTP://BOOKEND.MET.PSU.EDU (ALL LOWER CASE)
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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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, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 64 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 |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.