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Tornado Warning 6, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2013, 6:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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 7, 2013, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bedford County, PA, Blair County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Somerset County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Chickaree, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN JACKSON TWP |
| Aug 7, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 89 | Vinco, PA | 89 MPH WIND GUST IN VINCO |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Nne Johnstown, PA | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED LOOKING SOUTH FROM MILE HILL ROAD |
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 7, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
410 WFUS51 KCTP 072227 TORCTP PAC009-013-021-111-072315- /O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0006.130807T2227Z-130807T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 627 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHWESTERN BLAIR COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... SOUTHERN CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR EAST CONEMAUGH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING... BELMONT...ELIM...JOHNSTOWN...PORTAGE...WESTMONT...WINDBER... BEAVERDALE...BLUE KNOB STATE PARK...CLAYSBURG...DALE...DUNLO...EAST CONEMAUGH...FERNDALE...GEISTOWN...OGLETOWN...OSTERBURG...QUEEN... SCALP LEVEL...SIDMAN AND SKI GAP. OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING... JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL HISTORIC SITE...BLUE KNOB SKI RESORT AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT JOHNSTOWN. 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 WILL IMPACT I-99 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 23. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...THE JOHNSTOWN EXPRESSWAY...ROUTE 22...ROUTE 219...ROUTE 220...STATE ROAD 56. 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. PLEASE REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE THROUGH TWITTER OR FACEBOOK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 4011 7855 4032 7903 4048 7893 4037 7838 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 295DEG 18KT 4037 7889 $$ FORECASTER: JUNG
1 follow-up statement
650 WWUS51 KCTP 072258 SVSCTP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 658 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 PAC009-013-021-111-072315- /O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130807T2315Z/ BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-SOMERSET PA- 658 PM EDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOMERSET...CAMBRIA...BLAIR AND BEDFORD COUNTIES... AT 652 PM EDT...TRAINED SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD LOOKING SOUTH ON ROUTE 22. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH FORK...OR NEAR JOHNSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING... WESTMONT...PORTAGE...ELIM...BELMONT...SIDMAN...SCALP LEVEL... GEISTOWN...EAST CONEMAUGH...DUNLO...DALE...BEAVERDALE...FERNDALE... SKI GAP...CLAYSBURG...QUEEN...OSTERBURG...BLUE KNOB STATE PARK... OGLETOWN...WILMORE AND SUMMERHILL. OTHER NOTABLE LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING... JOHNSTOWN FLOOD NATIONAL MEMORIAL HISTORIC SITE...BLUE KNOB SKI RESORT AND UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT JOHNSTOWN. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 219...ROUTE 220. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE THROUGH TWITTER OR FACEBOOK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 4032 7899 4043 7874 4037 7838 4011 7855 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 301DEG 15KT 4033 7880 $$ FORECASTER: JUNG
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield, Clinton | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Centre | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Bedford, Cambria, Somerset | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 7:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 62 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.