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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 175

April 28, 20026 counties in New Jersey; 6 counties in New York; 36 counties in Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 28, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; 6 counties in New York; 36 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 48 counties

Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Dutchess County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Adams County, PA, Berks County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	55 min
Apr 28, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Sullivan	66 min
Apr 28, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Perry	63 min
Apr 28, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	59 min
Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	36 min
Apr 28, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon	65 min
Apr 28, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, York	64 min
Apr 28, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon	26 min
Apr 28, 6:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	York	25 min
Apr 28, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	64 min
Apr 28, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	35 min
Apr 28, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	32 min
Apr 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	45 min
Apr 28, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	46 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris	37 min

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem	4 hr
Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario and 3 more	5 hr
Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 28, 2:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron and 16 more	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2002 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 2002 Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.