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Tornado Warning 9, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 8, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sullivan County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln Falls, PA | TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADS IN FOX AND ELKLAND TWPS. |
| Jul 8, 6:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millview, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. A PORTION OF ROUTE 87 IS CLOSED. |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Dushore, PA | EF2 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS 120 MPH...PATH WIDTH 400 YDS AND PATH LENGTH OF JUST OVER 2 MILES BEFORE ENTERING BRADFORD COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES KNOCKED DOWN WITH BARN ROOF DEBRIS THROWN OVER 100 YDS. A TRAILER WAS THROWN 30 YDS AND DEMOLISHED. |
| Jul 8, 6:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Dushore, PA | TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURES DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.
706
WFUS51 KCTP 082200
TORCTP
PAC113-082230-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0009.140708T2200Z-140708T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
600 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 559 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER LINCOLN FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERTON...LINCOLN FALLS...SHUNK...DUSHORE AND FORKSVILLE.
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 4156 7636 4155 7633 4154 7632 4145 7667
4155 7675 4158 7670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 243DEG 18KT 4151 7668
$$
LA CORTE1 follow-up statement
768
WWUS51 KCTP 082212
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
612 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
PAC113-082230-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140708T2230Z/
SULLIVAN PA-
612 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY...
AT 611 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LINCOLN FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERTON...DUSHORE AND FORKSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4156 7636 4155 7633 4154 7632 4146 7661
4158 7670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 243DEG 18KT 4154 7661
$$
RXRThe 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, 6:30 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 |
| 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.