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Tornado Warning 3, NWS State College, PA

June 17, 2004Montour County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2004, 4:25 PM EDT for Montour County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 17, 2004, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Montour County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

778 
WFUS51 KCTP 172025
TORCTP
PAC093-172045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
425 PM EDT THU JUN 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONTOUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR EXCHANGE...OR 13
  MILES NORTHEAST OF MILTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  WESTERN MONTOUR AND CENTRAL MONTOUR COUNTIES...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION FROM THE DAMAGING WINDS OF A TORNADO...GO TO A
BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4087 7654 4092 7656 4097 7666 4097 7674
          4093 7682 4099 7677 4105 7677 4111 7673
          4117 7672 4115 7664 4107 7664 4104 7658
          4100 7658 4094 7653

LAMBERT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPAdams, York3 hr
Jun 17, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren53 min
Jun 17, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean61 min
Jun 17, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams45 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk57 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster53 min
Jun 17, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Potter90 min
Jun 17, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield55 min
Jun 17, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton54 min
Jun 17, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster93 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSomerset55 min
Jun 17, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster73 min
Jun 17, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria56 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton32 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming60 min
Jun 17, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour72 min
Jun 17, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPUnion67 min
Jun 17, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPColumbia44 min
Jun 17, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre41 min
Jun 17, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland56 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder20 min
Jun 17, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia18 min
Jun 17, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill56 min
Jun 17, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Perry49 min
Jun 17, 6:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPColumbia3 hr
Jun 17, 7:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCambria4 hr
Jun 17, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster58 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.