Tornado Warning 7, NWS State College, PA

Issued

Aug 7, 2007, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS State College, PA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, PA

The State College radar (KCCX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS51 KCTP 080228
TORCTP
PAC119-080300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0007.070808T0227Z-070808T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1027 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1026 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAURELTON
  CENTER...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MIFFLINBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAURELTON CENTER AROUND 1035 PM EDT...
  MIFFLINBURG AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
  VICKSBURG AROUND 1100 PM EDT...

THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...STATE ROAD 45.

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.

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 4096 7723 4089 7731 4087 7725 4086 7713
      4089 7688 4093 7690

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

000 
WWUS51 KCTP 080245
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1044 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

PAC119-080300-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070808T0300Z/
UNION PA-
1044 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
UNION COUNTY...

AT 1043 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HARTLETON...OR NEAR MIFFLINBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIFFLINBURG AROUND 1055 PM EDT...

NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG ROUTE 45 NEAR THE TOWN WOODWARD 
FROM THIS SAME STORM.

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 YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED 
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 4094 7718 4091 7720 4089 7718 4087 7711
      4089 7688 4093 7690

$$

FORECASTER: LAMBERT

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