Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT for Huntingdon County, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 12, 2001, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huntingdon County, PA, Mifflin County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Huntingdon, PA | Trees were down in Huntingdon and Warriors Mark. |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kistler, PA | Trees reported down in Kistler. |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Kistler, PA | Trees were down in Kistler. |
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 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCTP 122128 SVRCTP PAC061-087-122215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 528 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HUNTINGDON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA MIFFLIN COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT. * AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT UNION TO 10 MILES WEST OF MOUNT UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN MIFFLIN COUNTY. RURAL CENTRAL HUNTINGDON COUNTY. RURAL SOUTHEASTERN HUNTINGDON COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER OR HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER. $$ FITZGERALD/GRUMM
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 74 min |
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 76 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Snyder | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 60 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.