Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1999, 2:40 PM EDT for Montour County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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 24, 1999, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1999, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montour County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Danville, PA | Large limbs were blown 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:00 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 State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Clearfield | 56 min |
| May 24, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clinton | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 62 min |
| May 24, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Tioga | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 50 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.