Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 5:52 PM EDT for Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2002, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KCTP 052152 SVRCTP PAC001-052230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 549 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ADAMS COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT... RURAL NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS A DAMAGING WIND GUST. THESE WINDS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WIND GUSTS FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAVE ALREADY DOWNED TREES AND WIRES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTATIAL SHELTER NOW $$ GARTNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Mifflin | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.