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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS State College, PA

May 10, 2004Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2004, 5:31 PM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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 10, 2004, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

661 
WUUS51 KCTP 102131
SVRCTP
PAC123-102230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
527 PM EDT MON MAY 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM YOUNGSVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND       
  VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUNGSVILLE AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  RUSSELL AND GRAND VALLEY AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  WARREN AROUND 550 PM EDT...
  GERMANY AROUND 555 PM EDT...
  KINZUA DAM AND CHAPMAN STATE PARK AROUND 605 PM EDT...
  SHEFFIELD AROUND 630 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. WIND GUSTS FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
HAVE ALREADY DOWNED TREES IN CORRY IN ERIE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW

LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH 
THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...WITH 
RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR... AND POSSIBLY CAUSE 
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL 
STREAMS.


LAT...LON 4195 7894 4199 7960 4180 7966 4164 7958
          4165 7904

GARTNER/RXR/CRUZ

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork3 hr
May 10, 12:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork3 hr
May 10, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean66 min
May 10, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk56 min
May 10, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.