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Tornado Warning 8, NWS State College, PA

July 6, 1995Franklin County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, PA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 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 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 061801
TORCTP
PAC055-061900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
200 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 2PM EDT STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION IN A
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE THAT COULD BE A TORNADO.
THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CHAMBERSBURG
AREA BETWEEN 215PM AND 230 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNI>TURE.
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria60 min
Jul 6, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield62 min
Jul 6, 12:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria52 min
Jul 6, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair67 min
Jul 6, 1:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre59 min
Jul 6, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford68 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk33 min
Jul 6, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, McKean61 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton, Huntingdon57 min
Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin75 min
Jul 6, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Potter57 min
Jul 6, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin, Perry78 min
Jul 6, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre52 min
Jul 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga67 min
Jul 6, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCentre, Clinton41 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union61 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland61 min
Jul 6, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPFranklin37 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCumberland66 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin63 min
Jul 6, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPerry63 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Montour, Northumberland62 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan62 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin57 min
Jul 6, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union33 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams59 min
Jul 6, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork68 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan61 min
Jul 6, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union61 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, Lebanon80 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill80 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin46 min
Jul 6, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland28 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin2 hr
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork59 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia33 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York76 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill76 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill2 hr
Jul 6, 5:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork2 hr
Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPYork54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.