Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 12, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:28 PM EDT for Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
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WFUS51 KCTP 082328
TORCTP
PAC097-107-090000-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0012.140708T2328Z-140709T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
728 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 727 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR LECK KILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT NORTHERN
DAUPHIN COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT CARMEL...KULPMONT...ASHLAND...LAVELLE...WILBURTON NUMBER
ONE...LOCUSTDALE...BUCK RUN...BEURYS LAKE...GORDON...PITMAN AND
SCHUYKILL COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 114 AND 118.
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 7658 4070 7662 4083 7641 4082 7640
4078 7638 4079 7634 4070 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 243DEG 23KT 4070 7654
$$
LA CORTE2 follow-up statements
725
WWUS51 KCTP 082341
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
741 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
PAC097-082350-
/O.CAN.KCTP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/
NORTHUMBERLAND PA-
741 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4069 7640 4075 7645 4078 7638 4079 7634
4070 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 245DEG 30KT 4076 7637
$$
PAC107-090000-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/
SCHUYLKILL PA-
741 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...
AT 740 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
LAVELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...LAVELLE...LOCUSTDALE...BUCK RUN...BEURYS LAKE...GORDON AND
SCHUYKILL COUNTY AIRPORT.
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 4069 7640 4075 7645 4078 7638 4079 7634
4070 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 245DEG 30KT 4076 7637
$$
LA CORTE004
WWUS51 KCTP 082353
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
753 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
PAC107-090003-
/O.EXP.KCTP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/
SCHUYLKILL PA-
753 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SCHUYLKILL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4069 7640 4075 7645 4078 7638 4079 7634
4070 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 243DEG 23KT 4076 7637
$$
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, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill | 23 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.