Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT for York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min. 6 reports 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County York County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Sse York Haven, PA | 1.5 TO 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN MT WOLF. |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | 2 Sse Dallastown, PA | |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Red Lion, PA | SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH POSSIBLE DEBRIS JUST NORTH OF RED LION. |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E York, PA | GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SPRINGETTSBURY TWP. |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | York, PA | |
| Aug 2, 5:20 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ene Red Lion, PA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KCTP 022100
TORCTP
PAC133-022200-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0004.080802T2100Z-080802T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
500 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
EMIGSVILLE...OR NEAR YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STONYBROOK AND HALLAM AROUND 505 PM EDT...
SPRY AND JACOBUS AROUND 515 PM EDT...
DALLASTOWN...RED LION AND WINDSOR AROUND 520 PM EDT...
BROGUE AROUND 540 PM EDT...
STEWARTSTOWN AROUND 550 PM EDT...
DELTA AROUND 600 PM EDT...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...
I-83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 25.
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 GOLFBALL SIZE
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3972 7665 4002 7680 4007 7670 4004 7664
3972 7630 3971 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 329DEG 18KT 3999 7669
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KCTP 022142
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
542 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
PAC133-022200-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080802T2200Z/
YORK PA-
541 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL YORK COUNTY...
AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROGUE...OR NEAR RED LION...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM
THIS STORM.
HAIL BIGGER THAN GOLF BALLS HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN AND AROUND THE CITY
OF YORK.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3977 7646 3993 7661 3995 7654 3989 7648
3988 7647 3980 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 321DEG 17KT 3987 7649
$$
FORECASTER: LA CORTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Somerset | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 12:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 7:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Potter, Tioga | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 7:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 8:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon, Schuylkill | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Perry | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, York | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 65 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.