Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berks County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Frystown, PA | A tornado touched down in Frystown and proceeded to uproot about 75 trees and caused roof damage to 17 homes and businesses. Four houses completely lost their roofs and a 30 by 45 foot section of the Bethel Fire Department was peeled off. The tornado lifted |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABE 062009 TORABE PAC011-062045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 407 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALLENTOWN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...BERKS COUNTY AT 405 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING INTO WESTERN BERKS COUNTY NEAR STOUCHSBURG. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM IS TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IRF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-061840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 140 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 135 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATSONTOWN AND LEWISBURG THEN TO STATE COLLEGE. STRONG AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY THROUGH EASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THOSE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 145 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GOUGH/JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PAZ012-037-038-041-042-045-046-049>052-061840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILLIAMSPORT PA 140 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 135 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATSONTOWN AND LEWISBURG THEN TO STATE COLLEGE. STRONG AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY. ELSEWHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL BRADFORD COUNTY THROUGH EASTERN LYCOMING COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THOSE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 145 PM EDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GOUGH/JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Union | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Union | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Juniata | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Berks | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.