Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2001, 3:14 PM EDT for Juniata County, Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 2001, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2001, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Juniata County, PA, Perry County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Blain, PA | Trees were reported down in Blain. |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Mc Alisterville, PA | Trees were reported down in McAlisterville along Route 235. |
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, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCTP 011915 SVRCTP PAC067-099-012015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 314 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PERRY COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA JUNIATA COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT. * AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF LEWISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BLOOMFIELD AT 350 PM. NEWPORT AT 355 PM. DUNCANNON AT 400 PM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER OR HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER. $$ LAT...LON 4058 7749 4034 7776 4030 7696 4060 7699
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, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:54 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1155 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2001 UPDATING ZONES FOR SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ENTIRE CWA. .CTP...SEVERE TSTM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR ALLI OF CENTRAL PA. FITZGERALD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-012200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1054 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A STRONG COLD FRONT...OVER LAKE ERIE LATE THIS MORNING...WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE MAIN THREAT FROM TODAY'S STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FITZGERALD
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1203 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE `IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LA CORTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Potter | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Huntingdon | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 73 min |
| Jul 1, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 68 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.