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Tornado Warning 14, NWS State College, PA

June 25, 2000Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2000, 8:29 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 31 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 25, 2000, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Lancaster County, PA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214Sfc1 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
1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 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.

000 
WFUS51 KCTP 260030
TORCTP
PAC071-260100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
829 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LANCASTER COUNTY.

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER LITITZ...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEACOCK-LEOLA-BAREVILLE AT 835 PM.
  LANCASTER AT 840 PM.
  MILLERSVILLE AT 845 PM.
  PARADISE AND QUARRYVILLE AT 900 PM.

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE LITITZ
AND LANCASTER AREA...THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...GO TO A BASEMENT OR 
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

$$

LAT...LON 4020 7622 4012 7644 3975 7627 3987 7596

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster28 min
Jun 25, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams40 min
Jun 25, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork57 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster25 min
Jun 25, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster60 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPTioga3 hr
Jun 25, 10:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster, Lebanon4 hr
Jun 25, 11:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork2 hr

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.