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Tornado Warning 3, NWS State College, PA

June 11, 2014Bedford County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2014, 6:09 PM EDT for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bedford County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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
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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

064 
WFUS51 KCTP 112209
TORCTP
PAC009-112245-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0003.140611T2209Z-140611T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
    
* AT 608 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR
  BUFFALO MILLS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAINSBURG.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3983 7856 3988 7862 4001 7854 3998 7837
      3991 7841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 231DEG 24KT 3989 7853 

$$

DANGELO

2 follow-up statements

141 
WWUS51 KCTP 112217
SVSCTP

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

PAC009-112245-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140611T2245Z/
BEDFORD PA-
617 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY...
    
AT 614 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND ONE REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS TORNADO 
LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO MILLS AND RAINSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...RAINSBURG AND LOCATIONS JUST 1 TO 2 
MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD. VERY LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY 
FALLING FROM THIS STORM. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS IS 
POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3983 7856 3988 7862 4001 7854 3998 7837
      3991 7841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 226DEG 22KT 3991 7852 

$$

DANGELO

868 
WWUS51 KCTP 112234
SVSCTP

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

PAC009-112245-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140611T2245Z/
BEDFORD PA-
634 PM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BEDFORD COUNTY...
    
AT 632 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CLEARVILLE AND BEDFORD...HEADED TOWARD 
EVERETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS WILL FALL 
CLOSE TO BEDFORD CITY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE SOUTH SIDE OF BEDFORD CITY AND CLEARVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3989 7849 3993 7856 4001 7852 3998 7837
      3991 7842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 228DEG 18KT 3995 7846 

$$

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, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Bedford	33 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.