Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2004, 11:49 AM EDT for Bedford County, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2004, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2004, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bedford County, PA, Fulton County, PA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KCTP 071549
SVRCTP
PAC009-057-071630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1149 AM EDT FRI MAY 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
FULTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1149 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW ENTERPRISE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
HOLLIDAYSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WELLS TANNERY AND VALLEY-HI AROUND 1155 AM EDT...
WATERFALL AND SALUVIA AROUND NOON EDT...
SIDELING HILL REST AREA AND HARRISSONVILLE AROUND 1205 PM EDT...
FORT LITTLETON AND MCCONNELLSBURG AROUND 1210 PM EDT...
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS A DAMAGING WIND GUST. EXPECT GUSTS
TO EXCEED 60 MPH. THESE WINDS CAN EASILY 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 STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH
IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED TO FALL. HAIL OF THIS SIZE CAN DAMAGE
PROPERTY...DENT CARS AND DESTROY CROPS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER.
INTENSE RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON AREA ROADS AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE RAIN WILL ALSO FILL
DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS QUICKLY...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS. STAY OFF THE PHONE IF POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3988 7810 3998 7836 4009 7860 4021 7836
4028 7827 4021 7823 4016 7813 4008 7789
3991 7797
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 31 min |
| May 7, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 53 min |
| May 7, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria | 30 min |
| May 7, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 29 min |
| May 7, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Huntingdon | 33 min |
| May 7, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland, Franklin | 63 min |
| May 7, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 53 min |
| May 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 71 min |
| May 7, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.