Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1999, 9:22 PM EDT for Cambria County, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 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 9, 1999, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1999, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cambria County, PA, Clearfield County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Beccaria, PA | Trees and power lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 100125 RRA TORCTP PAC021-033-100145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 922 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CAMBRIA COUNTY. SOUTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY. * UNTIL 945 PM EDT. * AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESTOVER...NEAR THE TOWN OF FLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PRINCE GALLITZIN STATE PARK AT 925 PM EDT. GLASGOW AT 935 PM EDT. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! .END/DANGELO &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:45 PM EDT, 7 hours 37 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 145 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 SFC SW FLO CRANKING UP ATTM. FLO ALOFT ALREADY THERE PER VWP FM KCCX AND KBUF. BEST DWPTS STILL IN OH...BUT ADVECTING NICELY ALOFT AND AT SFC. MINI ECHOES ALREADY POPPED ALONG GOOD WAA BOUNDARY IN OUR NRN FA. BUT THAT ACTIVITY IS RACING EAST WITH LLJ - >50KTS ON SPEED THAT KIND OF CELL MOVEMENT DOESNT TAKE TOO MUCH MIXING TO PRODUCE DAMAGE OUT OF A THUNDERSTORM. THE OL SUMMER/DROUGHT OF 99 NO-RAIN SHAFT OF STATE COLLEGE APPEARS AGAIN ON MODEL QPF PRODUCTS. THIS MAY BE MDLS PICKING UP ON WEAKER INSTAB OV MTNS. ANYWAY...THE TREND IN MOST RECENT MDL RUNS IS TO PUT LOWER POPS/QPF INTO CENTL MTNS AND LWR SUSQ. MOSTLY CONSISTENT WITH THINKING ATTM...BUT STILL BELIEVE THE MORE LIKELY SCENARIO IS A SQULL LINE TO FORM AND DROP SEWD INTO MTNS...WEAKENING AS IT DOES SO. MOST/ALL SVR ACTIVITY SHUD BE CONTAINED TO N&W OF IPT-UNV-AOO LINE TONIGHT. LATEST RUC POINTING TO START UP CONVECTION BY 21Z IN NW PA...CONSISTENT WITH EARLIER THINKING. POPS TONIGHT TO BE CAT IN WRN ZNS/LIKELY IN CENTL&MID SUSQ AND CHC IN SE (MAINLY LATE). AS THE SQUALL LINE WEAKENS...IT WL MOST LIKELY SPIT INTO TWO AREAS OF CNVCTN - ONE DROPPING STRAIGHT SOUTH THROUGH THE LAURELS (FEEDING OFF THE TERRIFIC THTE ADV AND LLJ FM SW)...AND ONE THAT GOES WITH BEST WAA/UPR SUPPORT TWD ELM/BGM. THE FNT DOES LOOK TO HANG UP AS IT MOVES THRU OUR AREA...BUT REAL FNT AND NNW FLO DOES NOT MAKE IT THRU FA UNTIL AFTER 12Z. THEREFORE CHC POPS WL REMAIN IN FAR SRN ZNS...INCL THE LWR SUSQ...IN EARLY SAT PD. DRYING/MO SUN FOR REST OF FA ON SAT AND COOLER/FAIR FOR SUN. XTNDD: FRIENDLY HIGH PRES FOR BEGINNING OF WEEK. SLIGHT WARMING TREND THRU XTNDD PD...AND CHC WORDING MAKES RETURN ON TUES FOR EVERYONE AND WED AS WELL FOR ERN ZNS AS MRF DEVELOPS WAVE ALONG FNT THAT HANGS UP IN SE US. THE WAVE AND WAA RIDES THE RETURN FLOW OF THE SFC HI AS IT MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST. .CTP...NONE. DANGELO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 058-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 721 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON...ELK...CLEARFIELD... CAMBRIA...BLAIR...CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...SULLIVAN...LYCOMING...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... NORTHUMBERLAND...COLUMBIA...AND SCHUYLKILL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE THE THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTAIL RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER 10 PM. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV ...CABLE TV...OR RADIO STATION. .END/ MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 058-100310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 721 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON...ELK...CLEARFIELD... CAMBRIA...BLAIR...CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...SULLIVAN...LYCOMING...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... NORTHUMBERLAND...COLUMBIA...AND SCHUYLKILL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE THE THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTAIL RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER 10 PM. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV ...CABLE TV...OR RADIO STATION. .END/ MARTIN
Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
728 PM EDT FRI JUL 09 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0410 PM BROCKPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 ELK NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0412 PM RIDGWAY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 ELK MANY TREES DOWN ON TOBY
ROAD...IN FOX TOWNSHIP...6
MILES SOUTH OF RIDGWAY.
0415 PM RIDGWAY PA 1 INCH HAIL
07/09/99 ELK QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
SOUTH OF RIDGWAY...AT EMA
OFFICE
0440 PM QUEHANNA PA .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/99 CLEARFIELD
0505 PM RENOVO PA 55 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/99 CLINTON
0515 PM LOCK HAVEN PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 CLINTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON SUGAR RUN ROAD IN LOCK
HAVEN
0600 PM LAMAR PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 CLINTON 2 TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE
64 IN LAMARLocal storm report, Jul 9, 7:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
728 PM EDT FRI JUL 09 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0410 PM BROCKPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 ELK NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0412 PM RIDGWAY PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 ELK MANY TREES DOWN ON TOBY
ROAD...IN FOX TOWNSHIP...6
MILES SOUTH OF RIDGWAY.
0415 PM RIDGWAY PA 1 INCH HAIL
07/09/99 ELK QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
SOUTH OF RIDGWAY...AT EMA
OFFICE
0440 PM QUEHANNA PA .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/99 CLEARFIELD
0505 PM RENOVO PA 55 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/99 CLINTON
0515 PM LOCK HAVEN PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 CLINTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON SUGAR RUN ROAD IN LOCK
HAVEN
0600 PM LAMAR PA WIND DAMAGE
07/09/99 CLINTON 2 TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE
64 IN LAMARSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-058-100410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 805 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON...ELK...CLEARFIELD... CAMBRIA...BLAIR...CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...SULLIVAN...LYCOMING...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... NORTHUMBERLAND...COLUMBIA...AND SCHUYLKILL. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NOW ALSO INCLUDED... SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FULTON...AND FRANKLIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE THE THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTAIL RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER 10 PM. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV ...CABLE TV...OR RADIO STATION. .END/ MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>036-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-058-100410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 805 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON...ELK...CLEARFIELD... CAMBRIA...BLAIR...CENTRE...HUNTINGDON...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...SULLIVAN...LYCOMING...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... NORTHUMBERLAND...COLUMBIA...AND SCHUYLKILL. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NOW ALSO INCLUDED... SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FULTON...AND FRANKLIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE THE THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTAIL RAIN. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY 10 PM. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AFTER 10 PM. PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED. LISTEN FOR LATER INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV ...CABLE TV...OR RADIO STATION. .END/ MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk, Potter | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 70 min |
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 90 min |
| Jul 9, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 77 min |
| Jul 9, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 75 min |
| Jul 9, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder, Union | 73 min |
| Jul 9, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 75 min |
| Jul 9, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 16 min |
| Jul 9, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Perry | 86 min |
| Jul 9, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.