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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS State College, PA

July 1, 1999Elk County, McKean County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1999, 9:47 PM EDT for Elk County, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 1, 1999, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1999, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 10:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindLake City, PATrees and power lines 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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 Jul 1, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:50 PM EDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
250 PM EDT THU JUL 01 1999

STORMS FIRING ATTM IN CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER LAURELS...WITH MAIN AREA
OF ACTION STILL BACK OVER OHIO. A BREAK IN THE ACTION IN BETWEEN
THESE TWO AREAS...DEPICTED WELL BY MODELS. HAVE PUT CAT POPS IN
FIRST PERIOD EVERYWHERE EXCEPT LOWER SUSQ. SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS
LIKELY...BUT DECIDED TO SAVE THAT WORDING FOR SITE SPECIFIC
NOWCASTS. SAME FOR HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. KCCX VWP HAS 40 KTS AT
AROUND 10KFT. FZNG LEVEL AROUND 15KFT SHUD LIMIT HAIL SIZE.

LOOKS LIKE BACK EDGE OF PRECIP CLEARS MOST OF CTP CWA DURING FRI
AFT...WITH POPS DECREASING RAPIDLY AFT 15Z OR SO. CONSIDERED PUTTING
CHC POPS BACK IN FOR SAT...BUT PRECLUDED BY LOW CONFIDENCE AT THIS
POINT IN WEAK SYSTEMS BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME BUILDING RIDGE.

THE FOURTH LOOKS HOT AS A FIRECRACKER...WITH OPPRESIVE DEW POINTS TO
BOOT. HOPE PROGGED SUPRESSION OF THE BIG H5 RIDGE BY MID WEEK
VERIFIES TO BRING SOME RELIEF.

.CTP...NONE.

OSTUNO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-025-033-034-037-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
430 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1999

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
LAUREL HIGHLANDS...

...DETAILS...
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER OHIO WILL BE PUSHING THUNDERSTORMS
INTO PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS EVENING.

WARM AND HUMID AIR IS SPREADING INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE OF STORMS IN OHIO IS
MOVING TO THE EAST...SPURRED ON BY COOLER AIR ALOFT. THIS COMBINATION
OF WARM...HUMID AIR AT THE SURFACE AND COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL TRIGGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ARE IN ADVANCE
OF THIS MAIN LINE OF STORMS...AND DO NOT HAVE THE INSTABILITY NEEDED
TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. THEY ARE CURRENTLY PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN SPOTS...AND ONLY BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH.

THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.
THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE
EVENING AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL POSSIBLE.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE
SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

.END/DANGELO

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT:
HTTP://BOOKEND.MET.PSU.EDU  (ALL LOWER CASE)
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017-018-024-025-033-034-037-020300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
430 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1999

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
LAUREL HIGHLANDS...

...DETAILS...
A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER OHIO WILL BE PUSHING THUNDERSTORMS
INTO PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS EVENING.

WARM AND HUMID AIR IS SPREADING INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
LAUREL HIGHLANDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE OF STORMS IN OHIO IS
MOVING TO THE EAST...SPURRED ON BY COOLER AIR ALOFT. THIS COMBINATION
OF WARM...HUMID AIR AT THE SURFACE AND COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL TRIGGER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ARE IN ADVANCE
OF THIS MAIN LINE OF STORMS...AND DO NOT HAVE THE INSTABILITY NEEDED
TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. THEY ARE CURRENTLY PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN IN SPOTS...AND ONLY BRIEF WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH.

THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE.
THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE LATE
EVENING AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL POSSIBLE.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE
SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

.END/DANGELO

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT:
HTTP://BOOKEND.MET.PSU.EDU  (ALL LOWER CASE)
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York60 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.