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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS State College, PA

July 8, 1994Bradford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT for Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 min.

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Issued
Jul 8, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Bradford County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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