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Tornado Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

June 22, 2006Columbia County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2006, 9:20 PM EDT for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 25 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 22, 2006, 9:20 PM EDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Columbia County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 22, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1909 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 230120
TORCTP
PAC037-230145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0002.060623T0120Z-060623T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
920 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 916 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ALMEDIA...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMSBURG...MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMEDIA AROUND 925 PM EDT...
  MIFFLINVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT...
  BERWICK AROUND 935 PM EDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 232 AND 247.

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.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4118 7656 4100 7654 4101 7596 4123 7598

$$

FORECASTER:

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Union76 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland53 min
Jun 22, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion42 min
Jun 22, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin82 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPFranklin64 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPNorthumberland, Snyder62 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon, Montour, Schuylkill68 min
Jun 22, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork66 min
Jun 22, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia58 min
Jun 22, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford37 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSullivan44 min
Jun 22, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLancaster84 min
Jun 22, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLebanon32 min
Jun 22, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPYork47 min
Jun 23, 4:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more5 days

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.