Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 15, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2014, 4:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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
- Sep 2, 2014, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:54 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Helvetia, PA | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD BY PUBLIC AND BRADY TWP FIRE CO |
| Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stanley, PA | NMRS TREES DOWN ALONG STANLEY BOTTOM RD |
| Sep 2, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Luthersburg, PA | TREES DOWN |
| Sep 2, 5:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene C And M Junction, PA | TREES DOWN ON OKLAHOMA SALEM RD SR 4011 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KCTP 022050
TORCTP
PAC023-027-033-035-022130-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0015.140902T2050Z-140902T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
450 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
WEST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN CENTRE COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 450 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SYKESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...SANDY...WOODLAND...CURWENSVILLE...HYDE...
PLYMPTONVILLE...ROCKTON...KARTHAUS...SNOW SHOE...CLARENCE...
MOSHANNON...PINE GLEN...LECONTES MILLS...S.B. ELLIOT STATE PARK...
GRASSFLAT...GRAMPIAN...KYLERTOWN...TROUTVILLE AND
CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 131.
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE
PA. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4111 7880 4123 7827 4123 7824 4124 7823
4129 7803 4102 7795 4092 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 257DEG 41KT 4103 7877
$$
LA CORTE2 follow-up statements
603
WWUS51 KCTP 022101
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
501 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
PAC023-027-033-035-022130-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140902T2130Z/
CAMERON PA-CLINTON PA-CENTRE PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
501 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON...WEST CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN CENTRE AND
NORTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 501 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEARFIELD...HYDE...PLYMPTONVILLE...ROCKTON...KARTHAUS...SNOW SHOE...
CLARENCE...MOSHANNON...PINE GLEN...LECONTES MILLS...S.B. ELLIOT STATE
PARK AND CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL RELAY YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF
DANGEROUS WEATHER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA.
&&
LAT...LON 4100 7872 4110 7873 4117 7847 4123 7826
4123 7824 4124 7823 4126 7814 4129 7804
4102 7795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 256DEG 35KT 4105 7867
$$
LA CORTE656
WWUS51 KCTP 022123
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
523 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
PAC023-027-033-035-022130-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140902T2130Z/
CAMERON PA-CLINTON PA-CENTRE PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
523 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON...WEST CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN CENTRE AND
NORTHEASTERN CLEARFIELD COUNTIES...
AT 522 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON STANLEY
BOTTOM ROAD IN CLEAFIELD COUNTY. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN IN
SANDY TOWNSHIP. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PLYMPTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMPTONVILLE...KARTHAUS...SNOW SHOE...CLARENCE...MOSHANNON...PINE
GLEN...LECONTES MILLS...S.B. ELLIOT STATE PARK AND
CLEARFIELD-LAWRENCE AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. TO PROTECT YOUR
LIFE...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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL RELAY YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF
DANGEROUS WEATHER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA.
&&
LAT...LON 4104 7853 4113 7854 4122 7826 4124 7822
4125 7817 4126 7814 4129 7804 4102 7795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 261DEG 34KT 4109 7843
$$
LA CORTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams | 68 min |
| Sep 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Cambria | 66 min |
| Sep 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean, Warren | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Potter, Warren | 54 min |
| Sep 2, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams | 37 min |
| Sep 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Centre, Clearfield | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter | 58 min |
| Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lebanon | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Clearfield, Elk | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, York | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clearfield | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Potter and 1 more | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Centre, Clinton | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Dauphin | 22 min |
| Sep 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Montour | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 38 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.