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Tornado Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

August 28, 1994Elk County, McKean County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT for Elk County, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1994, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 282101
TORCTP
PAC047-083-282145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ELK COUNTY...SOUTHERN MCKEAN COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR KANE IN
SOUTHERN MCKEAN COUNTY. THE STORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL
CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD NEAR THE MCKEAN-ELK COUNTY BORDER.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NICOSIA

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPerry68 min
Aug 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren46 min
Aug 28, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk65 min
Aug 28, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron47 min
Aug 28, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.