Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS State College, PA
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City, PA | Trees 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:45 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.
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)
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 60 min |
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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.