Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2005, 3:08 PM EDT for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2005, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2005, 3:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Northumberland County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Herndon, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF HERNDON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 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 271909 SVRCTP PAC097-272000- /O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0113.050727T1908Z-050727T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 308 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RESLER... OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SELINSGROVE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RESLER AROUND 320 PM EDT... REBUCK AROUND 325 PM EDT... TREVORTON AND FARNSWORTH AROUND 330 PM EDT... LECK KILL AND FERNDALE AROUND 335 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 4085 7682 4063 7689 4074 7651 4088 7658 $$ FORECASTER: JPV
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KCTP 271934 SVSCTP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 334 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 PAC097-272000- /O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050727T2000Z/ NORTHUMBERLAND- 334 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY... AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LECK KILL...OR NEAR SHAMOKIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 4085 7682 4063 7689 4074 7651 4088 7658 $$ FORECASTER: JPV
000 WWUS51 KCTP 271952 SVSCTP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 353 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 PAC097-272003- /O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050727T2000Z/ NORTHUMBERLAND- 353 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2. LAT...LON 4085 7682 4063 7689 4074 7651 4088 7658 $$ FORECASTER: JPV
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Montour | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 24 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.