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Tornado Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

June 6, 1994Union County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1994, 1:24 PM EDT for Union County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1994, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 348 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHAR 061724
TORHAR
PAC119-061815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HARRISBURG PA
124 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HARRISBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...NORTHERN UNION COUNTY
 
AT 120 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN STATE COLLEGE
INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVRE NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. THE STORM
IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST T 35 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
COWDRIGHT
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton36 min
Jun 6, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPUnion53 min
Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre26 min
Jun 6, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union57 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPHuntingdon62 min
Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland68 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill61 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPJuniata58 min
Jun 6, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland67 min
Jun 6, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPerry60 min
Jun 6, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon42 min
Jun 6, 3:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLebanon31 min
Jun 6, 4:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBerks38 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBerks43 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster55 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.