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Tornado Warning 12, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT for Cameron County, Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cameron County, PA, Elk County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:05 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Kersey, PA | |
| Jul 19, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kersey, PA | PENFIELD RD. RT 153 BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES |
| Jul 19, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | St. Marys, PA | TREES DOWN ON GLEN HAZEL RD. |
| Jul 19, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | St. Marys, PA | TREES DOWN AT 133 WASHINGTON ST. |
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 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534
WFUS51 KCTP 192353
TORCTP
PAC023-047-200030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0012.150719T2353Z-150720T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
753 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
WEST CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 753 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER RIDGWAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIDGWAY...ST. MARYS...BENEZETTE...MEDIX RUN...TRUMAN AND KERSEY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4138 7880 4147 7879 4150 7820 4127 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 276DEG 33KT 4141 7871
$$
DANGELO1 follow-up statement
018
WWUS51 KCTP 200013
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
813 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
PAC023-047-200030-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150720T0030Z/
ELK PA-CAMERON PA-
813 PM EDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELK AND WEST CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTIES...
AT 811 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH MAY BE PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF ST.
MARYS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. MARYS...BENEZETTE...MEDIX RUN AND KERSEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4134 7863 4144 7859 4150 7820 4127 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 276DEG 33KT 4139 7851
$$
DANGELOThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Northumberland, Schuylkill | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | York | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Schuylkill | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | York | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Sullivan | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin, Fulton | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Tioga | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | McKean, Warren | 114 min |
| Jul 19, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | McKean | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk, McKean | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Elk | 6 hr |
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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.