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Tornado Warning 22, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 1998Cumberland County, Dauphin County, York County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Dauphin County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, York County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 5:50 PM EDTHail 1.75Gratz, PA
Jun 2, 6:04 PM EDTHail 1Williamstown, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1998-06-02Temperature 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 022124 RRA
TORCTP
PAC041-043-133-022210-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
  DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
  NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT... STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST TO THE EAST OF CARLISLE MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CARLISLE                        BY 520 PM EDT
  DILLSBURG                       BY 525 PM EDT
  HOGESTOWN                       BY 530 PM EDT
  MECHANICSBURG                   BY 530 PM EDT
  CAMP HILL                       BY 535 PM EDT
  LEMOYNE                         BY 535 PM EDT
  HARRISBURG                      BY 540 PM EDT
  CAPITOL CITY AIRPORT            BY 540 PM EDT
  MIDDLETOWN                      BY 550 PM EDT
  HUMMELSTOWN                     BY 550 PM EDT
  HERSHEY                         BY 600 PM EDT
  PENN NATIONAL RACE COURSE       BY 600 PM EDT

ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY AT 523 PM EDT...TO THE NORTH OF U.S. ROUTE
209 NEAR MILLERSBURG.

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME
OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.


LAMBERT/DANGELO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren66 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland64 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSnyder64 min
Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion59 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSchuylkill93 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean, Warren95 min
Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia, Montour62 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSullivan60 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter75 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield, Elk75 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, York75 min
Jun 2, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLebanon33 min
Jun 2, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPDauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill78 min
Jun 2, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga91 min
Jun 2, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSomerset88 min
Jun 2, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPClearfield64 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBlair, Cambria65 min
Jun 2, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCentre62 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPBedford78 min
Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster, York35 min
Jun 2, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPotter62 min
Jun 2, 7:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga94 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPHuntingdon80 min
Jun 2, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPElk65 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.