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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS State College, PA

May 8, 1999Union County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT for Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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 8, 1999, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1999, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 5:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWhite Deer, PATrees 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford30 min
May 8, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga61 min
May 8, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland, Snyder58 min
May 8, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour58 min
May 8, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan61 min
May 8, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia53 min

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.