Tornado Warning 1, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Jun 13, 2007, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lancaster County, PA

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS51 KCTP 132001
TORCTP
PAC071-132030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0001.070613T2001Z-070613T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
401 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BETHEL...OR
  11 MILES WEST OF OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAKEFIELD AND HOLTWOOD AROUND 410 PM EDT...

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 222.

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.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WHICH CAN DAMAGE
CARS AND OTHER PROPERTY...AND DESTROY CROPS.

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 3983 7609 3990 7620 3982 7634 3972 7623
      3972 7616

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

000 
WWUS51 KCTP 132033
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
432 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007

PAC071-132042-
/O.EXP.KCTP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070613T2030Z/
LANCASTER PA-
432 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...AS THE STORM MOVED OUT 
OF THE COUNTY.

DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY 
FROM THIS STORM...BUT NO SPECIFIC REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. 

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 3983 7609 3990 7620 3982 7634 3972 7623
      3972 7616

$$

FORECASTER: DANGELO

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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.