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Tornado Warning 6, NWS State College, PA

August 7, 2007Centre County, Clinton County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2007, 10:05 PM EDT for Centre County, Clinton 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
Aug 7, 2007, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2007, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Centre County, PA, Clinton County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2007-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1761 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KCTP 080206
TORCTP
PAC027-035-080230-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0006.070808T0205Z-070808T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1005 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  EAST CENTRAL CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
  MCCALL DAM STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF LOCK HAVEN...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOONVILLE AND LIVONIA AROUND 1015 PM EDT...
  MCCALL DAM STATE PARK AROUND 1030 PM EDT...

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 TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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 4100 7748 4096 7752 4094 7748 4090 7734
      4103 7717 4099 7742

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT/GARTNER/EVANEGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk55 min
Aug 7, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre46 min
Aug 7, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton35 min
Aug 7, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPUnion55 min
Aug 7, 10:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPUnion33 min
Aug 7, 10:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPMcKean, Warren116 min
Aug 7, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSnyder32 min
Aug 7, 11:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton52 min
Aug 7, 11:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCameron, Elk, Potter5 hr
Aug 7, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Schuylkill50 min
Aug 8, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClearfield52 min
Aug 8, 12:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPMcKean, Warren4 hr
Aug 8, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria30 min
Aug 8, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill47 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.