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Tornado Warning 20, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 1998McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 5:10 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 95 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1998, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1998, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Whole counties

Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT	Hail 1.75	Scandia, PA
Jun 2, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Custer City, PA

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 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 022110 RRA
TORCTP
PAC083-123-022245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
510 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA
  MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY SPOTTERS NEAR LOTTSVILLE.
STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO  7 MILES NORTH OF
WARREN OR 3 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STARBRICK                       BY 510 PM EDT
  AKELY                           BY 511 PM EDT
  RUSSELL                         BY 512 PM EDT
  WARREN                          BY 515 PM EDT
  SCANDIA                         BY 520 PM EDT
  ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR             BY 525 PM EDT
  MARSHBURG                       BY 540 PM EDT
  KANE                            BY 540 PM EDT
  BRADFORD                        BY 545 PM EDT
  LEWIS RUN                       BY 545 PM EDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!


PEOPLE IN THE ABOVE LOCATIONS ARE IN THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE
TORNADO AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.  MOVE INSIDE A STORM
CELLAR...A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOUSE.


&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	66 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Northumberland	64 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Snyder	64 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Union	59 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	93 min
Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour	62 min
Jun 2, 5:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, York	45 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Sullivan	60 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Potter	75 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Clearfield, Elk	75 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, York	75 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Lebanon	33 min
Jun 2, 6:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill	78 min
Jun 2, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Tioga	91 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Somerset	88 min
Jun 2, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Clearfield	64 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria	65 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Centre	62 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	78 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Lancaster, York	35 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Potter	62 min
Jun 2, 7:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Tioga	94 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	80 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Elk	65 min

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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.