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Tornado Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

May 14, 1995McKean County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT for McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County McKean County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCTP 142135
TORCTP
PAC083-142245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
540 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...MCKEAN COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM...RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE STORM NEAR WARREN. THIS STORM IS
RACING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL CROSS THE ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES...AND TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
MCKEAN COUNTY. THIS STORM AS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS STORM MAY STILL PRODUCE TORNADOES.  PERSONS
ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER.
 
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 LOWES2T FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
MARTIN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPWarren60 min
May 14, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield54 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.