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Tornado Warning 3, NWS State College, PA

June 6, 2005Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 6, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

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°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 
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.

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, 11:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre66 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, 1:25 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.