Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2012, 3:22 PM EDT for Potter County, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 26, 2012, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Potter County, PA, Tioga County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harrison Valley, PA | TREE DOWN ACROSS A ROAD NEAR HARRISON VALLEY. |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tioga, PA | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN IN VICINITY OF TIOGA AND HAMMOND LAKES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861
WFUS51 KCTP 261922
TORCTP
PAC105-117-262015-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0003.120726T1922Z-120726T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
322 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
STORMS CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO EXTENDED FROM WILLEYVILLE TO
DENTON HILL STATE PARK...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WESTFIELD...
GAINES...
ELKLAND...
WELLSBORO AND KEENEYVILLE...
TIOGA JUNCTION...
MILLERTON AND MANSFIELD...
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 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 15...
STATE ROAD 449.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER INSIDE NOW. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS YOU CAN. AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4199 7692 4171 7688 4175 7799 4200 7779
4200 7693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 271DEG 57KT 4198 7767 4177 7784
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERT2 follow-up statements
878
WWUS51 KCTP 261949
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
349 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
PAC105-261956-
/O.CAN.KCTP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
POTTER PA-
349 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4187 7749 4199 7726 4200 7693 4199 7692
4171 7688 4174 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 272DEG 54KT 4195 7720 4175 7740
$$
PAC117-262015-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
TIOGA PA-
349 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
TIOGA COUNTY...
AT 343 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT MAY BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE TWO STORMS IN THE LINE THAT MAY BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO WERE LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF KEENEYVILLE
AND NEAR GAINES...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MILLERTON...ROSEVILLE...TIOGA JUNCTION...WELLSBORO AND MANSFIELD.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 15.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4187 7749 4199 7726 4200 7693 4199 7692
4171 7688 4174 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 272DEG 54KT 4195 7720 4175 7740
$$
FORECASTER: LAMBERT060
WWUS51 KCTP 262006
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
406 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
PAC117-262015-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120726T2015Z/
TIOGA PA-
406 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TIOGA COUNTY...
AT 405 PM EDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS REPORTED.
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLERTON TO COVINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIOGA
AND ROSEVILLE
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 6...ROUTE 15.
LAT...LON 4186 7716 4199 7713 4200 7693 4199 7692
4171 7688 4172 7721
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 272DEG 54KT 4194 7680 4174 7700
$$
FORECASTER: RG/JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 72 min |
| Jul 26, 5:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Potter, Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cameron, Elk, Potter, Tioga | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 6:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming, Montour, Union | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Union | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cumberland, Juniata, Perry | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 8:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Warren | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter, Warren | 72 min |
| Jul 26, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean and 3 more | 69 min |
| Jul 26, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga | 91 min |
| Jul 26, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming and 6 more | 74 min |
| Jul 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Mifflin | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Fulton and 5 more | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder and 1 more | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan | 84 min |
| Jul 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster and 8 more | 81 min |
| Jul 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 74 min |
| Jul 26, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, York | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jul 26, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clearfield | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset | 70 min |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Lancaster, York | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata and 3 more | 53 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.