Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 8:12 PM EDT for Bedford County, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 78 min. 2 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
- Jun 29, 2012, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Rainsburg, PA | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF RAINSBURG. |
| Jun 29, 8:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Somerset, PA | SCATTERED REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN ACROSS SOMERSET COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
273
WUUS51 KCTP 300012
SVRCTP
PAC009-111-300130-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0080.120630T0012Z-120630T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
DAWSON TO OHIOPYLE TO MARKLEYSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MOUNT DAVIS...
MEYERSDALE...
SOMERSET...
BERLIN...
ACOSTA AND BOSWELL...
LAKE GORDON...
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 158...I-99 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 30...ROUTE
40...ROUTE 219...ROUTE 220.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CREATE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER. MOVE INSIDE A PERMANENT BUILDING NOW TO BE SAFE FROM
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.
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 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3971 7939 3973 7941 3982 7937 3985 7942
3990 7941 4009 7926 4012 7921 4012 7919
4019 7913 4024 7848 4009 7834 3987 7828
3972 7838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 269DEG 53KT 4007 7966 3989 7943
3973 7943
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERT1 follow-up statement
685
WWUS51 KCTP 300112
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
912 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
PAC009-111-300130-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120630T0130Z/
BEDFORD PA-SOMERSET PA-
912 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND BEDFORD COUNTIES...
AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH
DIAMETER HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CESSNA TO CLEARVILLE TO
INGLESMITH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCHELLSBURG...RAINSBURG...NEW PARIS...MANNS CHOICE...HYNDMAN...
WELLERSBURG...SHANKSVILLE...SALISBURY...ROCKWOOD...NEW BALTIMORE...
INDIAN LAKE...GARRETT...CONFLUENCE...CASSELMAN...CALLIMONT AND
ADDISON
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATES...THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 158...I-99 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR EVEN BELOW GROUND LEVEL.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3971 7939 3973 7941 3982 7937 3983 7939
3989 7939 3991 7932 3996 7923 4008 7892
4024 7848 4009 7834 3987 7828 3972 7838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 269DEG 53KT 4008 7849 3990 7826
3974 7826
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton | 78 min |
| Jun 29, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 76 min |
| Jun 29, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 52 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.