Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2000, 3:08 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 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
- Sep 12, 2000, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huntingdon County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 3:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mc Alevys Fort, PA | A couple of trees were down along Route 26, about 2 miles west of McAlevy's Fort. |
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.
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 Sep 12, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 1:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 120 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000 ...WORK ZONES BY 330 PM... ...ZONES BY 345 PM... ...CHANGES... WILL MOST LIKELY EDGE POPS TO CAT. ALL AREAS TONIGHT. WILL BRING CHC IN W AND NW AREAS LATE THU. WILL KEEP SHOWERS IN FOR FRI AND SAT...AND ADD FOR SUNDAY. ...DISC... ...SHORT TERM... SEVERAL AREAS OF SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING ACROSS THIS AM...EXPECTED THESE TO COME IN A FEW HOURS EARLIER...THUS NOT HAVING A DRY MORNING AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LATE AM INTO EARLY AFT...FINE LATE SUMMER WX ...SO ENJOY. SOME HEAVY AMTS LATELY...RADAR ESTIMATE 2.9 WESTERN BORDER OF SOMERSET CO. SUNDAY NIGHT. LAST NIGHT...RADAR ESTIMATE 5.3 INCHES WESTERN ALLEGANY CO. MD. ANYWAY...UP TO EARLY THIS AM...MOST OF THE RAIN WEST OF THE SUSQ VLY...BUT NOW IN THAT AREA THIS AM. ANYWAY...W AND C PA HAS HAD DECENT AMT OF HEATING...THUS SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH FRONT. WHILE BEST SUPPORT TO THE N...VORT MAX FCST ACROSS THIS AREA...THUS WILL MOST LIKELY WILL BRING ALL ZONES INTO CAT. POPS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW FAR THE FRONT HAS TO GO YET...AND MODERATE CU OUT NOW. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAN'T BE RULED OUT. STILL LEE-SIDE FEATURE COULD HURT CONVERGENCE...BUT DEWPOINTS STILL QUITE HIGH. ETA AND CURRENT DATA HINT AT WEAK WAVE ALONG FRONT WED AM...THUS SOME CLDS AND EVEN A SHOWER S PA WED AM. COLD AIR NOT AS COLD NOW. BACK INTO THE RETURN FLOW THU...SHOWERS TO PUSH INTO NW THU AFT...AND FAR W LATE IN THE DAY...AS LOW TRACKS TOWARD LOWER LAKES. ETA HINTS THAT INSTABILITY WILL TRY TO RETURN FROM THE SOUTH. ...LONG TERM... MEAN RIDGE NEAR WINTER TIME POSITION TO DRIVE EAST COAST TROUGH AND SPIN UP OF SIGNIFICANT LOW. STRONG JET WILL DIG AND SYSTEM FCST TO GO NEG. TILT DURING THE WEEKEND...AS FRONT SLOWS DOWN...AND INSTABILITY COMBINES WITH DYANMACS. A RUATHER STRONG COASTAL LOW LIKELY TO DEVELOP. THUS CHC POPS FOR WEEKEND SEEM THE BEST FOR NOW. MAIN RISK FOR WET WX WILL BE NE PA. COOLER TEMPS TO FOLLOW. CTP...NONE. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 33 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.