Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 31, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1998, 7:01 PM EDT for Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 8:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clearfield County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Irvona, PA | |
| Jun 2, 7:47 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Sabula, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCTP 022301 RRA TORCTP PAC033-030005- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 701 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 805 PM EDT * AT 700 PM EDT... STATE COLLEGE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 28 MILES WEST OF CLEARFIELD OR 14 MILES WEST OF MAHAFFEY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MAHAFFEY BY 720 PM EDT CHESTNUT GROVE BY 725 PM EDT CURWENSVILLE BY 740 PM EDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! MSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 2, 12:22 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:22 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1225 PM EDT TUE JUNE 2 1998 ...WILL SEND OUT A SET OF WRKZNS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... STILL NOT SURE IF DYNAMICS CAN PHASE WITH THE MOISTURE ...BUT LETS HOPE NOT. ANYWAY...WILL NOT MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES TO ZNS...MAINLY PUT SOME CLDS IN S ZNS WED...AND SHOWERS WED NIGHT S OF ABOUT I-80. THINK FWC NUMBERS LOOK TO COOL FOR WED...THINK THICK CLDS WILL HOLD OFF TO LATER IN THE DAY. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A GOOD DAY THU. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-045-046-030210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 412 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM... THE WATCH INCLUDES WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON... CLINTON...CLEARFIELD...CENTRE...CAMBRIA...BLAIR... HUNTINGDON...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FRANKLIN...AND FULTON COUNTIES. ALSO INCLUDED IS TIOGA...LYCOMING...MIFFLIN...AND JUNIATA COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT FORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AND WARNINGS...AND SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-045-046-030210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 412 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM... THE WATCH INCLUDES WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...CAMERON... CLINTON...CLEARFIELD...CENTRE...CAMBRIA...BLAIR... HUNTINGDON...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FRANKLIN...AND FULTON COUNTIES. ALSO INCLUDED IS TIOGA...LYCOMING...MIFFLIN...AND JUNIATA COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT FORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL...STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AND WARNINGS...AND SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-030255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 504 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE WATCH INCLUDES WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK...CAMERON... CLINTON...CLEARFIELD...CENTRE...CAMBRIA...BLAIR...HUNTINGDON... SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FULTON...FRANKLIN...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...AND LYCOMING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THROUGH 10 PM (UNTIL 11 PM). THE WATCH INCLUDES SULLIVAN...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... COLUMBIA...NORTHUMBERLAND...SCHUYLKILL...PERRY...DAUPHIN... LEBANON...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...YORK...AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. THE WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A STORM IN YOUR CAR. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-030255- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 504 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE WATCH INCLUDES WARREN...MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK...CAMERON... CLINTON...CLEARFIELD...CENTRE...CAMBRIA...BLAIR...HUNTINGDON... SOMERSET...BEDFORD...FULTON...FRANKLIN...MIFFLIN...JUNIATA... TIOGA...AND LYCOMING COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY THROUGH 10 PM (UNTIL 11 PM). THE WATCH INCLUDES SULLIVAN...UNION...SNYDER...MONTOUR... COLUMBIA...NORTHUMBERLAND...SCHUYLKILL...PERRY...DAUPHIN... LEBANON...CUMBERLAND...ADAMS...YORK...AND LANCASTER COUNTIES. THE WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY. STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND TORNADOES. PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS NOTED...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A STORM IN YOUR CAR. MARTIN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
615 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0506 PM LOTTSVILLE PA FUNNEL CLOUD
06/02/98 WARREN SIGHTED.
0547 PM BRADFORD PA 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 MCKEAN POSSIBLE TORNADO
0555 PM BRADFORD PA TORNADO SIGHTED
06/02/98 MCKEAN MANY TRRES DOWN
FITZGERALDLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
635 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0506 PM LOTTSVILLE PA FUNNEL CLOUD
06/02/98 WARREN SIGHTED.
0547 PM BRADFORD PA 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/98 MCKEAN POSSIBLE TORNADO
0555 PM BRADFORD PA TORNADO SIGHTED
06/02/98 MCKEAN MANY TREES DOWN
0604 PM WILLIAMSTOWN PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 DAUPHIN
0610 PM BROCKWAY PA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
06/02/98 ELK
0623 PM VALLEY VIEW PA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO
06/02/98 SCHUYLKILL
0630 PM PINE GROVE PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 SCHUYLKILL
0625 PM 5N FREDERICKSBURG PA 1 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LEBANON
FITZGERALDThe 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, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 95 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, 7:05 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 |
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.