Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 190
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 27, 2014, 2:13 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2014, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 115 counties
Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Washington County, MD, Broome County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Berks County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Centre County, PA, Chester County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Huntingdon 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, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Somerset County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, York County, PA, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV, Preston County, WV, Tucker County, WV
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin and 5 more | 66 min |
| May 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 56 min |
| May 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry and 1 more | 64 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 25 min |
| May 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York | 65 min |
| May 27, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 67 min |
| May 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 66 min |
| May 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 53 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 64 min |
| May 27, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 46 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Prince George's | 53 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Washington | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles and 9 more | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin and 16 more | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Suffolk | 55 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| May 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amelia, Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and 22 more | 57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.