Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1994, 4:32 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berks County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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 062034 RRA TORABE PAC011-062115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALLENTOWN PA 432 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALLENTOWN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ...BERKS COUNTY AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW A PROBABLE TORNADO MOVING THROUGH BERKS COUNTY EAST OF BERNVILLE MOVING TO THE EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TRACK WILL CARRY THE STORM TO JUST NORTH OF READING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BLACKBURN
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 52 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 52 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, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Berks | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.