Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2009, 5:29 PM EDT for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 16 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2009, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Schuylkill County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Snyders, PA | RELAYED FROM VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCTP 292129
SVRCTP
PAC107-292145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0007.090329T2129Z-090329T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
529 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COALDALE TO SNYDERS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SNYDERS AROUND 535 PM EDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 209...STATE ROAD
309.
LAT...LON 4070 7585 4066 7593 4067 7594 4091 7600
4090 7599 4084 7592 4075 7577 4074 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 261DEG 25KT 4085 7593 4069 7586
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERT/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 Mar 29, 4:51 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 4:51 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 451 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE STATE THIS EVENING...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY EARLY...AND THEN AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES WILL CHANGE LIGHT RAIN TO SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH STORM SYSTEMS LIKELY AFFECTING THE STATE WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SURFACE LOW MOVING EAST OF LAKE HURON AS UPPER LOW SPINS THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. OCCLUDED FRONT MOVING INTO CENTRAL PA AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION FIRING UP OVER NORTHERN MARYLAND AND MOVING NORTHEAST INTO MY SOTHEAST ZONES. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S OVER SOUTHEAST PA AND HAVE SEEN A LINE DEVELOP AS IT MOVES INTO THE JUICY AIR. AS THIS FEATURE EXITS THE STATE TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT...WINDS FROM 925 MB TO 700 MB SHIFT TO THE WEST THEN NORTHWEST BY 12Z. NAM12 INDICATES PRECIPITATION HUGGING LAKE ERIE AS THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST. TEMPERATURES ALOFT WOULD SUPPORT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS EVENTUALLY MOVING INLAND TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LAURELS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AROUND AN INCH. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE LAUREL MOUNTAINS FROM 11 PM FOR GUSTS TO 50 MPH. && .SHORT TERM /1 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... MUCH COOLER AIR WILL WRAP IN BEHIND THE LOW WITH A RETURN TO A WINTERLIKE LAKE EFFECT REGIME TONIGHT AND MONDAY. OROGRAPHICALLY ENHANCED LAKE EFFECT SHRA WILL CHANGE TO SHSN OVR THE ALLEGHENIES TONIGHT AS 850 MB TEMPS FALL TO ARND -9C. TYPICAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR...WARM GRND TEMPS SHOULD LIMIT SNOW ACCUMS IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...FEEL UP TO AN INCH OR SO IS LIKELY BY MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE RIDGETOPS OF NW PA AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. I INCREASED THE WESTERLY WINDS FOR LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY AS WE SEE THE DESCENDING...THERMALLY DIRECT BRANCH/LEFT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET BECOMING LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN PENN AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LAURELS WHERE KJST NAM BUFKIT PROFILE SHOWS THE 45 TO 50 KT ISOTACH EXTENDING AS LOW AS 1.2-1.5 KFT AGL BETWEEN 06Z-12Z MONDAY. WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THAT AREA. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS OVR THE STATE. MON NIGHT INTO TUE. AFTER A CHILLY START ON TUE WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 20S...TEMPS WILL REBOUND NICELY IN THE DRIER AIR. A BIT OF HIGH CLOUDS MAY BEGIN SPILLING OVR UPPER RIDGE AHEAD OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...MSUNNY SKIES SHOULD SUFFICE WITH HIGHS REACHING 55-60F BASED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS. REGION SHOULD STAY DRY TUE NIGHT AS PRECIP APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...ARRIVING EARLY WED. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR MID/LATE WEEK. CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO OUR WEST ON WED...BUT DRAG A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE STATE. EMSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOWING MINIMAL SPREAD THROUGH MID- WEEK...WHICH MAKES THIS A HIGHER CONFIDENCE FORECAST. OPER GFS PAINTS A WEAK SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPING IN WAKE OF MID-WEEK SYSTEM...WHILE ECMWF PUSHES DECENT SHORTWAVE THROUGH DURING THAT TIME. SO LOOKS LIKE A WET AND WARMER THAN NORMAL PERIOD. REGION IS BETWEEN SYSTEMS ON THU BEFORE NEXT TROUGH AXIS QUICKLY SWINGS NE FRI INTO SAT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER QUICK SHOT OF RAIN AND SOME COOLER TEMPS. THEN THE WARMER AIR RETURNS ANEW FOR THE WEEKEND AS RIDGING RETURNS AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL SYSTEM FOR MONDAY. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... CONSID LLVL MOISTURE HAS PRODUCED AREAS OF IFR AND ISOLATED LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS FOR CENTRAL PA AIRFIELDS. SAT IMAGERY INDICATES EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER BUT A FEW BREAKS SHOWING UP NOW IN CENTRAL AREAS. MIXING COULD RAISE CIGS THIS AFTN. EXPECT A BAND OF HEAVIER CONVECTIVE SHOWERS TO DEVELOP INVOF KMDT/KMUI THIS AFTN THEN SLIDE E AS THE FRONT PASSES BTWN 18 AND 22Z...WITH EVEN A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CIGS RETURN TO THE WEST WITH RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS TURNING TO PLAIN SHSN IN THE UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE WRN MTS. OUTLOOK... MON...MVFR CIGS WEST LIFTING/CLEARING LATE. VFR CENTRAL/EAST. TUE-THU...MAINLY VFR. SCT LGT SHRA TUE NIGHT INTO WED NIGHT. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY FOR PAZ024-033. && SYNOPSIS...FITZGERALD/RXR NEAR TERM...DANGELO/TYBURSKI SHORT TERM...RXR LONG TERM...BEACHLER/RXR AVIATION...DANGELO/BEACHLER
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 2:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 219 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-025>028-034-037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 301830- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA- BEDFORD-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- 219 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PAZ024-033-301830- CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 219 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. PAZ035-036-056>059-063>066-301830- FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS- YORK-LANCASTER- 219 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD EVEN TURN SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. DANGELO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 203 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 PAZ026-035-291830- FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA- 203 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FULTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTIES... AT 202 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BREEZEWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR SIDELING HILL REST AROUND 210 PM...FORT LITTLETON AROUND 215 PM...THREE SPRINGS AROUND 225 PM AND SHADE GAP AROUND 230 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 172 AND 186. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 522. FORECASTER: DANGELO
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 245 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 PAZ036-064-291930- ADAMS PA-FRANKLIN PA- 245 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES... AT 243 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAGERSTOWN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GREENCASTLE AROUND 255 PM...MARION AROUND 300 PM...ST. THOMAS AROUND 305 PM...CHAMBERSBURG AROUND 310 PM...SCOTLAND AROUND 315 PM AND ORRSTOWN AROUND 320 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 30. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE UP INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALL OF THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. FORECASTER: DANGELO
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 320 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 PAZ057-059-064>066-292015- ADAMS PA-DAUPHIN PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-YORK PA- 320 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ADAMS...SOUTHERN DAUPHIN...SOUTHWESTERN LEBANON...WEST CENTRAL LANCASTER AND WESTERN YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 314 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG...TO GETTYSBURG...TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF EMMITSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR FRANKLINTOWN AROUND 330 PM...WELLSVILLE AROUND 340 PM...HIGHSPIRE AROUND 350 PM...HUMMELSTOWN AROUND 400 PM...YORK AROUND 410 PM AND ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 420 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND 258...I-83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 39...I-283. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...THE HARRISBURG AIRPORT CONNECTOR...STATE HIGHWAY 283...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 322...ROUTE 422...STATE ROAD 94...STATE ROAD 97. FORECASTER: LAMBERT
Local storm report, Mar 29, 4:37 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
437 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM HAIL HANOVER 39.81N 76.98W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HANOVER. 0.50 INCHES OF
RAIN REPORTED IN 15 MINUTES.
0350 PM HAIL 5 SW WEIGELSTOWN 39.94N 76.89W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA-SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WALL CLOUD OBSERVED OVERHEAD.
0403 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 W CODORUS 39.80N 76.88W
03/29/2009 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR CODORUS STATE PARK.
0405 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM 1555 PM TO 1605 PM.
0406 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN.PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
0408 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0409 PM HAIL 5 SW WEIGELSTOWN 39.94N 76.89W
03/29/2009 E0.50 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0.50 INCH HAIL.
0410 PM HAIL 2 S YORK 39.94N 76.73W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0411 PM HAIL 4 NE EPHRATA 40.23N 76.14W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WALL CLOUD OBSERVED.
0414 PM HAIL 2 SSW ELIZABETHTOWN 40.13N 76.61W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BAINBRIDGE.
0420 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0423 PM HAIL 4 WNW COLUMBIA 40.06N 76.55W
03/29/2009 E1.75 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0425 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LONGSTOWN.
0430 PM HAIL 3 W MANHEIM 40.16N 76.45W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0432 PM HAIL AUBURN 40.60N 76.10W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH SCHUYLKILL PA TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0435 PM HAIL 3 W MANHEIM 40.16N 76.45W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH HAIL.
&&
TYBURSKISpecial weather statement, Mar 29, 4:54 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 454 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 PAZ027-028-036-056-057-063>065-292130- ADAMS PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-FRANKLIN PA-JUNIATA PA-MIFFLIN PA- PERRY PA-YORK PA- 454 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ADAMS...CENTRAL MIFFLIN... CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...FRANKLIN...JUNIATA...NORTHWESTERN YORK AND PERRY COUNTIES... AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GETTYSBURG...SHIPPENSBURG AND NEWBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA-SIZED HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR BERRYSBURG...GRATZ...WEST FAIRVIEW...AND SEVEN STARS AROUND 500 PM...WEST FAIRVIEW...ST. THOMAS... HEIDLERSBURG...AND FAYETTEVILLE AROUND 505 PM...SCOTLAND AND LAKE MEADE AROUND 510 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 245...I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 73...I-83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 50...I-283. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...THE HARRISBURG EXPRESSWAY...ROUTE 11...ROUTE 11/15...ROUTE 15...ROUTE 22...ROUTE 22/522...ROUTE 30...ROUTE 209...ROUTE 322/22...ROUTE 522...STATE ROAD 94...STATE ROAD 97. FORECASTER: GARTNER/LAMBERT
Local storm report, Mar 29, 4:56 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
456 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM HAIL HANOVER 39.81N 76.98W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HANOVER. 0.50 INCHES OF
RAIN REPORTED IN 15 MINUTES.
0350 PM HAIL 5 SW WEIGELSTOWN 39.94N 76.89W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA-SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH WALL CLOUD OBSERVED OVERHEAD.
0403 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 W CODORUS 39.80N 76.88W
03/29/2009 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR CODORUS STATE PARK.
0405 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM 1555 PM TO 1605 PM.
0406 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN.PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS.
0408 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0409 PM HAIL 5 SW WEIGELSTOWN 39.94N 76.89W
03/29/2009 E0.50 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
0.50 INCH HAIL.
0410 PM HAIL 2 S YORK 39.94N 76.73W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0411 PM HAIL 4 NE EPHRATA 40.23N 76.14W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WALL CLOUD OBSERVED.
0414 PM HAIL 2 SSW ELIZABETHTOWN 40.13N 76.61W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BAINBRIDGE.
0420 PM HAIL 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0423 PM HAIL 4 WNW COLUMBIA 40.06N 76.55W
03/29/2009 E1.75 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0425 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SSE DALLASTOWN 39.87N 76.62W
03/29/2009 YORK PA TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LONGSTOWN.
0430 PM HAIL 3 W MANHEIM 40.16N 76.45W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
0432 PM HAIL AUBURN 40.60N 76.10W
03/29/2009 E0.25 INCH SCHUYLKILL PA TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0435 PM HAIL 4 N MANHEIM 40.22N 76.40W
03/29/2009 E0.75 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL
0435 PM HAIL 3 W MANHEIM 40.16N 76.45W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH HAIL.
0440 PM HAIL LITITZ 40.15N 76.31W
03/29/2009 E1.00 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0445 PM HAIL 5 E ANNVILLE 40.34N 76.41W
03/29/2009 E0.75 INCH LEBANON PA TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL ON GROUND.
0445 PM HAIL 2 NE AKRON 40.18N 76.18W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0445 PM HAIL 2 S LEBANON 40.31N 76.42W
03/29/2009 E1.75 INCH LEBANON PA TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH OCCASIONAL GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
0448 PM HAIL 7 ENE LEBANON 40.38N 76.30W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LEBANON PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0455 PM HAIL 2 SW LANCASTER 40.02N 76.33W
03/29/2009 E0.88 INCH LANCASTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING.
&&
TYBURSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:15 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 20 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | York | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon | 62 min |
| Mar 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 39 min |
| Mar 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 71 min |
| Mar 29, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 61 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.