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Tornado Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2005, 1:00 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2005, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sullivan County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KCTP 061700 TORCTP PAC113-061745- /O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0003.050606T1700Z-050606T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 100 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR MUNCY VALLEY...OR 19 MILES EAST OF MONTOURSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 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. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SONESTOWN AROUND 105 PM EDT... NORDMONT AROUND 110 PM EDT... RICKETTS GLEN STATE PARK AROUND 120 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WHICH CAN DAMAGE CARS AND OTHER PROPERTY...AND DESTROY CROPS. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN OCCUR MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4136 7671 4125 7653 4134 7617 4155 7621 $$ FORECASTER: DANGELO/JUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 9:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Elk, McKean | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 10:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 70 min |
| Jun 6, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter | 79 min |
| Jun 6, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 70 min |
| Jun 6, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 69 min |
| Jun 6, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Tioga | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 69 min |
| Jun 6, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Snyder, Union | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry, Sullivan | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 11 min |
| Jun 6, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 80 min |
| Jun 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Perry | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 82 min |
| Jun 6, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 88 min |
| Jun 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cambria | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Franklin, Huntingdon | 78 min |
| Jun 6, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Mifflin | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Fulton | 76 min |
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Juniata | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | York | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter | 80 min |
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | York | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Tioga | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 51 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.