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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS State College, PA

June 6, 2005Centre County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 11:24 AM EDT for Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 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 6, 2005, 11:24 AM EDT (15:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Centre County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 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 6, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 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 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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.

000 
WUUS51 KCTP 061525
SVRCTP
PAC027-061630-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0021.050606T1524Z-050606T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1124 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND   
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PORT MATILDA...OR 10 MILES WEST OF STATE COLLEGE...MOVING EAST     
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACK MOSHANNON STATE PARK AROUND 1130 AM EDT...
  PARK FOREST AND PINE GROVE MILLS AROUND 1140 AM EDT...
  STATE COLLEGE AROUND 1145 AM EDT...
  BOALSBURG AROUND 1150 AM EDT...
  MILESBURG AROUND 1155 AM EDT...
  PLEASANT GAP AND BELLEFONTE AROUND NOON EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A
STURDY LOCATION NOW.

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 4098 7807 4071 7816 4073 7763 4110 7754

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPWarren33 min
Jun 6, 9:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk, McKean54 min
Jun 6, 10:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield70 min
Jun 6, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Elk, McKean, Potter79 min
Jun 6, 11:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre29 min
Jun 6, 11:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga70 min
Jun 6, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming69 min
Jun 6, 11:37 AM EDTTornado WarningCTPTioga53 min
Jun 6, 11:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton51 min
Jun 6, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton69 min
Jun 6, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder, Union62 min
Jun 6, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming49 min
Jun 6, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPerry, Sullivan62 min
Jun 6, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Montour, Northumberland61 min
Jun 6, 12:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLycoming11 min
Jun 6, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPSullivan45 min
Jun 6, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork65 min
Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill80 min
Jun 6, 1:46 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPPerry29 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin49 min
Jun 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon82 min
Jun 6, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin64 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Somerset88 min
Jun 6, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland54 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland58 min
Jun 6, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPCambria40 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Franklin, Huntingdon78 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland66 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster65 min
Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMifflin56 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford39 min
Jun 6, 4:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPLancaster6 hr
Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFulton76 min
Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre24 min
Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata54 min
Jun 6, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPLancaster33 min
Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin67 min
Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork47 min
Jun 6, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster48 min
Jun 6, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland60 min
Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams54 min
Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming57 min
Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPYork6 hr
Jun 6, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPMcKean38 min
Jun 6, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter80 min
Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork60 min
Jun 6, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster67 min
Jun 6, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPTioga53 min
Jun 6, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster51 min

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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.