Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 77 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2008, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 W Sheffield, PA | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KCTP 090043
SVRCTP
PAC083-123-090200-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0021.080609T0043Z-080609T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
843 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS BREAKING OUT ACROSS MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST WEST OF THE AREA AND
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES BETWEEN
840 PM AND 10 PM.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT...
YOUNGSVILLE AND GRAND VALLEY...
RUSSELL AND ENTERPRISE...
WARREN AND SCANDIA...
KINZUA DAM AND CHAPMAN STATE PARK...
SHEFFIELD AND MARSHBURG...
WESTLINE AND WETMORE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS 58 MPH OR STRONGER...OR
HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR LARGER. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A
STURDY LOCATION NOW.
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 4200 7821 4162 7821 4161 7849 4163 7849
4162 7897 4163 7962 4186 7962 4201 7941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 286DEG 47KT 4213 7906 4157 7985
$$
FORECASTER: KF3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KCTP 090119
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
919 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
PAC083-123-090200-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080609T0200Z/
MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
917 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES...
AT 912 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PORT ALLEGANY TO TIDIOUTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WETMORE...PORT ALLEGANY AND MOUNT JEWETT AROUND 925 PM EDT...
KANE AND CROSBY AROUND 930 PM EDT...
NORWICH AROUND 950 PM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 4201 7847 4200 7821 4162 7821 4161 7849
4163 7849 4162 7942 4165 7963 4170 7962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 279DEG 43KT 4194 7791 4163 7924
$$
FORECASTER: KF000
WWUS51 KCTP 090147
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
947 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
PAC083-123-090200-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080609T0200Z/
MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
945 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN MCKEAN COUNTIES...
AT 941 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 39 MILES EAST OF PORT ALLEGANY TO
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANE...MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM EDT...
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN CHERRY GROVE...ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
SHEFFIELD AT 920 PM.
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 4200 7821 4162 7821 4161 7849 4163 7849
4164 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 279DEG 43KT 4188 7747 4158 7880
$$
FORECASTER: DANGELO000
WWUS51 KCTP 090201
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
PAC083-123-090211-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080609T0200Z/
MCKEAN PA-WARREN PA-
1001 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 4200 7821 4162 7821 4161 7849 4163 7849
4164 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 279DEG 43KT 4187 7744 4158 7877
$$
FORECASTER: DANGELONearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.