Tornado Warning 6, NWS State College, PA

000 
WWUS51 KCTP 260317
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1115 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

PAC117-260400-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060826T0400Z/
TIOGA PA-
1115 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR TIOGA
COUNTY...

AT 1110 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
OVER WELLSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORM THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRIS AROUND 1130 PM EDT...
  COVINGTON AROUND 1135 PM EDT...
  BLOSSBURG AROUND 1140 PM EDT...
  OGDENSBURG AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6 FROM
ANSONIA TO EAST OF MANSFIELD...ROUTE 15 FROM NEAR LIBERTY TO NORTH OF
MANSFIELD.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF UP TO 70 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. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

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 4193 7726 4176 7748 4151 7731 4158 7687
      4180 7698

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
938 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...

SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE TSRA FORMING IN THE SHALLOW
COOL AIR TO THE NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE NW
PENN MTNS...SE TO BETWEEN KHGR AND KTHV.

TRIGGERING MECHANISM WAS AN UPPER SPEED MAX (85 KTS AT 300 HPA)

THE STRONGEST STORM BETWEEN KBFD AND KJHW HAS SHOWN A FAIRLY
PERSISTENT INBOUND/OUTBOUND VELOCITY COUPLET AT LOWER ELEVATION
SCANS FROM KBUF AND KCCX RADARS. 0-3 KM HELICITY VALUES IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM WERE IN THE 300-400 M2/S2 RANGE...SUPPORTING
CONTINUED UPDRAFT ORGANIZATION AND ROTATION AS IT HEADS ACROSS
OUR NRN ZONES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

MAIN CHANGE TO THE PRIOR ZONES WAS TO RAISE POPS OVERNIGHT BY
ABOUT 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE NRN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 257 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
MOST OF THE AREA HAS CLEARED OR SCATTERED OUT AND IS WARMING NICELY.
BUT SO FAR LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION TO SHOW FOR THE SUNSHINE.
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS VERY HARD TO FIND BUT LOOKS TO BE THRU
CENTRAL PA. MAIN FEATURE IT DELINEATES IS AN INCREASE IN DEWPOINTS
SLIDING INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. MODELS HINT THAT THE
ASSOCIATED FRONTAL TROF WILL HANG KIND OF TOUGH OVER THE NEXT 12-18
HOURS BEFORE FLATTENING INTO A BROAD SOUTHERLY FLOW LATER SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. THIS NORMALLY MEANS MODELS ARE HINTING AT A COOL AIR
DAMMING SCENARIO BUT FCST LI FIELDS SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT THE FRONT
WILL SLIDE UP TO AROUND THE NY-PA BORDER IN TIME.

MODELS AGREE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE
WITH PRECIP WATERS APPROACHING 2 INCHES BY LATER SAT. SREF SHOWS
THIS TO BE 1-2 STD DEV ABOVE NORMAL. WITH STEADILY INCREASING
SOUTHERLY FLOW...LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. WITH TOMORROW
PROBABLY STAYING KIND OF CLOUDY...THINK SIG INSTABILITY MIGHT BE
HARD TO COME BY. HOWEVER...SHEAR PROFILES SHOULD BE IMPRESSIVE WITH
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW TRANSITIONING TO NW FLOW ALOFT. IF WE CAN
MANAGE ANY SUNSHINE AND DEVELOP SOME CAPE...THE SEVERE THREAT COULD
BE IMPRESSIVE. AS FOR NOW WE ARE SLIGHT RISKED IN THE SEVERE
OUTLOOK. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
LONGWAVE PATTERN GENERALLY AMPLIFYING THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH
BROAD MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW EARLY TRANSITIONING TO MORE RIDGING BY
THE END OF NEXT WEEK AS LARGE POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES BUILD
ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER
PORTION OF NEXT WEEK.

FOR THE DAILY DETAILS...THIS TRANSLATES INTO CONTINUED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EARLY TO MID WEEK BEFORE THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS
BUILDS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND DRIES US OUT FOR THE LATTER
PORTION OF THE WEEK. TEMPS REMAIN SEASONABLE THROUGH MID WEEK
BEFORE NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGS A SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUSLY COOL AIR MASS
BY THU AHEAD OF BUILDING UPPER RIDGE. MREFS INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR
WARMING AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEKEND (LABOR DAY) AS
925 MB TEMP ANOMALIES INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 S.D. ABOVE NORMAL SAT.

AVIATION...
WEAK BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO FLOAT AROUND CENTRAL PA. MESO ANAL SHOWS
THE FEATURE TO BE VERY HARD TO FIND...BUT PROBABLY EXTENDS FROM JUST
SOUTH OF ERI...TO NEAR AOO TO THE LOWER SUSQ VALLEY. MAIN EFFECT
WILL BE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AS MARGINALLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS SUCCUMBS TO THE WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALLOWING SOME
SHOWERS TO EVENTUALLY POP. OTHER THAN IN THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS...THE BULK OF THE REST OF THE DAY AND EVENING WILL BE VFR.
SIMILAR TO LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS...WILL PROBABLY SEE VIS DETERIORATE
OVERNIGHT WITH SOME FOG AND HAZE. AREAS NEAR THE RIVERS....THOSE
THAT SEE RAIN WILL STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF DROPPING TO IFR LATER
TONIGHT AND FOR A FEW HOURS SURROUNDING SUNRISE.

MIGHT BE TOUGHER TO CLEAR OUT THE FOG AND HAZE TOMORROW AS GUIDANCE
INCREASINGLY POINTS TO A RATHER CLOUDY SHOWERY DAY. THIS WOULD
LEAVE MUCH OF THE REGION VULNERABLE TO STAYING IN THE 4-5 MI RANGE
WITH LINGERING HAZE AND SCATTERED CONVECTION.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...LAMBERT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
433 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

PAZ004>006-010>012-037-041-042-046-051-053-260845-
WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-TIOGA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-MONTOUR-COLUMBIA-
433 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA INDICATES THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. STRONG WIND
GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND EVEN TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PAZ017>019-024>028-033>036-045-049-050-052-056>059-063>066-260845-
CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-
HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-
SOUTHERN CLINTON-UNION-SNYDER-NORTHUMBERLAND-PERRY-DAUPHIN-
SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
433 AM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

DANGELO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
846 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

PAZ063>065-260215-
ADAMS-CUMBERLAND-YORK-
846 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ADAMS...CUMBERLAND AND
YORK COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF SHIPPENSBURG TO 11 MILES EAST OF
SHIPPENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
BIGLERVILLE...BENDERSVILLE AROUND 845 PM...WALNUT BOTTOM...PINE
GROVE FURNACE STATE AROUND 900 PM...MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS...YORK
SPRINGS AROUND 915 PM...EAST BERLIN...ABBOTTSTOWN AROUND 930
PM...FRANKLINTOWN AND DILLSBURG AROUND 945 PM.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 38...I-83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11
AND 22.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 15...ROUTE
30.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

ALSO...EXPECT OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM
THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
900 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

PAZ004-005-260300-
MCKEAN-WARREN-
900 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 11 PM EDT...

AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JAMESTOWN...WEST
TO WATTSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR BEAR LAKE AROUND 930 PM...SUGAR GROVE AROUND 945
PM...LOTTSVILLE AROUND 1015 PM...RUSSELL...GERMANY AROUND 1030 PM
AND YOUNGSVILLE AROUND 1045 PM...WARREN AROUND 11 PM.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE
62...STATE ROAD 59.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

ALSO...EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM
THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1023 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

PAZ004-260330-
WARREN-
1023 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY
THROUGH 1130 PM...

AT 1020 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF WARREN TO 11 MILES EAST OF WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GERMANY AROUND 1030 PM.

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...STATE ROAD 59.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

EXPECT FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM
THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

FORECASTER: LAMBERT