Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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
- May 30, 2006, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 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), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 302319 SVRCTP PAC097-310015- /O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0021.060530T2318Z-060531T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 718 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KULPMONT...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHAMOKIN AROUND 730 PM EDT... FERNDALE AROUND 740 PM EDT... LECK KILL AROUND 750 PM EDT... TREVORTON AROUND 800 PM EDT... THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...STATE ROAD 61. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER ROADS WITH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 4077 7640 4084 7646 4078 7676 4066 7672 $$ FORECASTER: LAMBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 56 min |
| May 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 59 min |
| May 30, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Columbia, Sullivan | 114 min |
| May 30, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 62 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.