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Tornado Warning 11, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:07 PM EDT for Dauphin County, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2014, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dauphin County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
913
WFUS51 KCTP 082307
TORCTP
PAC043-097-107-082330-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0011.140708T2307Z-140708T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
707 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
WEST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 706 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER KLINGERSTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KULPMONT...KLINGERSTOWN...BEURYS LAKE...LECK KILL...HEGINS...
GRATZ...NEWTOWN...PITMAN AND SCHUYKILL COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 114.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 7633 4058 7667 4059 7667 4059 7674
4066 7678 4081 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 247DEG 32KT 4065 7668
$$
LA CORTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 70 min |
| Jul 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Elk | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cambria, Somerset | 70 min |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Clinton | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Bedford, Fulton | 69 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Somerset | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Huntingdon | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and 4 more | 80 min |
| Jul 8, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin and 5 more | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancaster and 7 more | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Northumberland, Perry | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Northumberland, Schuylkill | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.