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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 2000Clinton County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT for Clinton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 75 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2000, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clinton County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindMill Hall, PAWinds blew the roof off of a house.

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, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KCTP 021932
SVRCTP
PAC035-022045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY.

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES EAST OF ST. MARYS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF RENOVO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RENOVO...SOUTH RENOVO AT 350 PM EDT.
  BEECH CREEK AT 410 PM EDT.
  CASTANEA...DUNNSTOWN AT 415 PM EDT.
  AVIS AND LOCK HAVEN AT 420 PM EDT.
  LOGANTON AT 425 PM EDT.

THIS STORM TOOK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN HAZELHURST IN SOUTH 
CENTRAL MCKEAN COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

.END/LACORTE

LAT...LON 4148 7764 4149 7802 4145 7799 4121 7806
          4100 7749 4099 7738 4106 7716 4123 7738

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren66 min
Jun 2, 12:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPWarren54 min
Jun 2, 12:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPMcKean2 hr
Jun 2, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren53 min
Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter51 min
Jun 2, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk62 min
Jun 2, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean47 min
Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron65 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter61 min
Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield53 min
Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga65 min
Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming92 min
Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre95 min
Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield62 min
Jun 2, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan56 min
Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria66 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland, Snyder, Union56 min
Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour56 min
Jun 2, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBlair67 min
Jun 2, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPHuntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin55 min
Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSomerset77 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford58 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill95 min
Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPerry95 min
Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin88 min
Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton88 min
Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford47 min
Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster, York38 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams48 min
Jun 2, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork63 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.