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Tornado Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

June 11, 2014Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2014, 5:42 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 11, 2014, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bedford County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 11, 5:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Hyndman, PA
Jun 11, 6:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Ese Patience, PA

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
Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

546 
WFUS51 KCTP 112142
TORCTP
PAC009-112215-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0002.140611T2142Z-140611T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
542 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
    
* AT 541 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER LAKE GORDON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE GORDON AND HYNDMAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7873 3975 7876 3991 7868 3991 7859
      3987 7851 3973 7866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 207DEG 18KT 3977 7870 

$$

DANGELO

1 follow-up statement

984 
WWUS51 KCTP 112155
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
555 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

PAC009-112215-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140611T2215Z/
BEDFORD PA-
555 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BEDFORD COUNTY...

AT 553 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED A REPORT OF A TORNADO 
ON THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE GORDON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 548 PM EDT BY A CITIZEN. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE GORDON AND HYNDMAN. 

LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3977 7871 3980 7874 3991 7868 3991 7859
      3987 7851 3976 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 217DEG 19KT 3982 7866 

$$

DANGELO

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	44 min
Jun 11, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	32 min
Jun 11, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford	41 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	36 min
Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	36 min
Jun 11, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Somerset	63 min
Jun 11, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	23 min
Jun 11, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	25 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	38 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	23 min
Jun 11, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset	3 hr
Jun 11, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Elk, Somerset	55 min
Jun 11, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Franklin, Fulton	38 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Fulton, Huntingdon, Mifflin	61 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.