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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS State College, PA

June 2, 2000Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 5:32 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2000, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bedford County, PA

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 EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KCTP 022132
SVRCTP
PAC009-022230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEDFORD COUNTY.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW PARIS AT 540 PM EDT.
  ST. CLAIRSVILLE AT 545 PM EDT.
  SCHELLSBURG...WOODBURY AT 550 PM EDT.
  MANNS CHOICE AT 555 PM EDT.
  BEDFORD AT 600 PM EDT.
  HOPEWELL...HYNDMAN AT 605 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.END/LACORTE

LAT...LON 4030 7852 4019 7871 3975 7877 3975 7835
          4017 7818

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, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton75 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, 5:40 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

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.