Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 7:27 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2000, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Adams County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gettysburg, PA | Trees down just west of Gettysburg. |
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, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
872
WUUS51 KCTP 022327
SVRCTP
PAC001-030015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
727 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY.
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERSBURG...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARROLL VALLEY...FAIRFIELD AT 735 PM EDT.
ARENDTSVILLE AT 740 PM EDT.
BENDERSVILLE...BIGLERVILLE AT 745 PM EDT.
BONNEAUVILLE...YORK SPRINGS AT 750 PM EDT.
MCSHERRYSTOWN...MIDWAY AT 755 PM EDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
.END/LACORTE
LAT...LON 3997 7747 3973 7746 3975 7700 3994 7699
4006 7713What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 150 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 A CPL OF SUPERCELS HV PRECEEDED MAIN/FNTL LINE IN NWRN FA. STUFF FIRED OFF LK/LAND BOUNDARY AND QUICKLY STRENGTHENED. TSTMS IN NEARLY PERFECT LINE NOW SHOWING UP BEAUTIFULLY ON REGIONAL MOSAIC...AND VIS PICS...FM WARREN CO TO XENIA OH. TIMING OF FNT NOW BEING PUSHED BACK LATER INTO THE EVENING BY THE MDLS. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE W.R.T. PEAK HEATING. WEATHER WL QUIET DOWN AFT THIS FNT PASSES. MO SUNNY AND SLIGHTLY BREEZY FOR SAT...INCRSNG CLDS SUN. W/NXT CHC RA LATE SUN NITE IN NW BUT GENERALLY ERLY MON. MOS TEMPS NOT OUT OF LINE...WL GO WITH 'EM. MOS POPS LOOK TOO LOW ON MON. XTNDD: MRF LOOKING STABLE AND WL FOLLOW CLOSELY. MON NITE LOOKING WET W/CHC SHRA STILL THRU TUES...ESPC IN THE EAST. WED DRYING OUT...MUCH LIKE TMRW. .CTP...SVR TSTM WATCH NWRN 2/3RDS OF FA THRU 6 PM. DANGELO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
222 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM YOUNGSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 WARREN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0105 PM LUDLOW PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 MCKEAN WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
PUBLIC
0100 PM YOUNGSVILLE PA FUNNEL CLOUD
06/02/00 WARREN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
PUBLIC
1215 PM WARREN PA .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/00 WARREN
ONDREJIKSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WARREN COUNTY ONLY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...ALLOWING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO BE DROPPED FOR ONLY WARREN COUNTY. ...THE SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM EDT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BEDFORD...BLAIR...CAMBRIA...CAMERON...CENTRE...CLEARFIELD... CLINTON...COLUMBIA...ELK...FRANKLIN...FULTON...HUNTINGDON... JUNIA...LYCOMING...MCKEAN...MIFFLIN...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND PERRY...POTTER....SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...SOMERSET...SULLIVAN... TIOGA AND UNION. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .END/DANGELO
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 415 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED FOR MCKEAN...ELK...POTTER AND CAMERON COUNTIES... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THE EAST AND OUT OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...ALLOWING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO BE DROPPED FOR THOSE FEW COUNTIES. ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM EDT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE REST OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... BEDFORD...BLAIR...CAMBRIA...CENTRE...CLEARFIELD...CLINTON... COLUMBIA...FRANKLIN...FULTON...HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...LYCOMING... MIFFLIN...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...PERRY...SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER... SOMERSET...SULLIVAN...TIOGA 8AND UNION. SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .END/DANGELO
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PAZ012-017>019-024>028-033>036-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-030200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 500 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ADAMS...BEDFORD...BLAIR...CAMBRIA...CENTRE...CLEARFIELD... CLINTON...COLUMBIA...CUMBERLAND...DAUPHIN...FRANKLIN... FULTON...HUNTINGDON...JUNIATA...LANCASTER...LEBANON... LYCOMING...MIFFLIN...MONTOUR...NORTHUMBERLAND...PERRY... SCHUYLKILL...SNYDER...SOMERSET...SULLIVAN...UNION...AND YORK. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .END/RXR
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM TRIUMPH PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 WARREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0305 PM HAZELHURST PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 MCKEAN TREES DOWN ON WIRES
0335 PM EMPORIUM PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CAMERON TREES DOWN
0345 PM DUBOIS PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CLEARFIELD TREES DOWN JUST EAST OF
DUBOIS
0405 PM WOODLAND PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CLEARFIELD TREES DOWN
0405 PM WEEDVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 ELK TREES DOWN
0340 PM GERMANIA PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 POTTER TREES DOWN
0422 PM LIBERTY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 TIOGA TREES DOWN
0330 PM COUDERSPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 POTTER TREES DOWN
0439 PM MONTOURSVILLE PA 59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/02/00 LYCOMING AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY MANY REPORTS OF
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0447 PM CASTANEA PA 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/02/00 CLINTON
0440 PM MILL HALL PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CLINTON ROOF OFF A HOUSE
0445 PM 2N EBENSBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CAMBRIA TREES DOWN NORTH OF
t EBENSBURG
0440 PM HUGHESVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 LYCOMING TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 2, 7:04 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE, PA
704 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM MILTON PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 NORTHUMBERLAND TREES DOWN
0510 PM DUNCANSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 BLAIR TREE ON A VEHICLE
0536 PM HUNTINGDON PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 HUNTINGDON TREES DOWN IN A NUMBER OF
LOCATIONS
0515 PM MILLVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 COLUMBIA TREES DOWN
0520 PM BERWICK PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 COLUMBIA TREES DOWN
0525 PM LEWISTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 MIFFLIN TREES DOWN
0525 PM LEWISTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 MIFFLIN
0515 PM ALLENWOOD PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 UNION TREES DOWN
0515 PM LEWISBURG PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 UNION TREES DOWN
0515 PM MONTANDON PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 NORTHUMBERLAND TREES DOWN ON RTE 405
0550 PM NEWPORT PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 PERRY COUPLE TREES DOWN
0510 PM MUNCY PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 LYCOMING MANY TREES BLOCKING ROADS
IN MUNCY
0539 PM BEAVER SPRINGS PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 SNYDER COUPLE TREES DOWN
0600 PM ASHLAND PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 SCHUYLKILL TREES DOWN
0615 PM POTTSVILLE PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 SCHUYLKILL TREES DOWN ON RTE 81 AND
IN POTTSVILLE
0640 PM LINGLESTOWN PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 DAUPHIN TREES DOWN IN LINGLESTOWN
AND MILLERSBURG
0630 PM ENOLA PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 CUMBERLAND TREE ON A HOUSE
0550 PM W LEBANON PA WIND DAMAGE
06/02/00 LEBANON TREES DOWN IN LEBANON
TEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 12:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Warren | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 12:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 75 min |
| Jun 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 92 min |
| Jun 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 77 min |
| Jun 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 95 min |
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin | 88 min |
| Jun 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 88 min |
| Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.