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Tornado Warning 23, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 1998Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 5:30 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1998, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Sullivan County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.

994 
WFUS01 KCTP 022129 RRA
TORCTP
PAC113-022230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 529 PM EDT... STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
  15 MILES WEST OF LAPORTE OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HILLSGROVE
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HILLSGROVE                      BY 535 PM EDT
  MUNCY VALLEY                    BY 540 PM EDT
  EAGLES MERE                     BY 540 PM EDT
  FORKSVILLE                      BY 540 PM EDT
  WORLDS END STATE PARK           BY 545 PM EDT
  MILLVIEW                        BY 545 PM EDT
  LAPORTE                         BY 550 PM EDT
  DUSHORE                         BY 555 PM EDT
  LOPEZ                           BY 600 PM EDT
  COLLEY                          BY 605 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.


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, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, York45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.