Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 7, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2004, 6:36 PM EDT for Clearfield County, Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 4, 2004, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clearfield County, PA, Elk County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCTP 042236 TORCTP PAC033-047-042330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 635 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR TREASURE LAKE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBOIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PENFIELD AROUND 645 PM EDT... PARKER DAM STATE PARK AROUND 700 PM EDT... FORCE AROUND 705 PM EDT... MEDIX RUN AROUND 725 PM EDT... BENEZETTE AROUND 730 PM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAMPING IN THIS AREA...GET INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4126 7873 4116 7874 4113 7820 4140 7833 DANGELO $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 80 min |
| Jul 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 75 min |
| Jul 4, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 45 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.