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Tornado Warning 5, NWS State College, PA

June 8, 2015Columbia County, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT for Columbia County, Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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 8, 2015, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Gowen City, PADAMAGE TO HOUSE AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS ON STATE ROUTE 125.
Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDTTORNADO2 Ssw Gowen City, PAAN EF0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED SOUTH OF GOWEN CITY...WITH MULTIPLE TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF MAHANOY CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 125. THE ESTMIATED MAX WIND SPEED WAS 80 MPH...AND THE PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 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.

079 
WFUS51 KCTP 081929
TORCTP
PAC037-097-107-082030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0005.150608T1929Z-150608T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
329 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SCHUYLKILL COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
    
* AT 328 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR LECK KILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND...FRACKVILLE...KULPMONT...MAHANOY CITY...MINERSVILLE...
  MOUNT CARMEL...POTTSVILLE...SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...SHAMOKIN...
  SHENANDOAH...ST. CLAIR...TAMAQUA...ALTAMONT...ARISTES...BEURYS
  LAKE...BRANCHDALE...BRANDONVILLE...BUCK RUN...COALDALE AND DELANO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 FROM MILE MARKERS 107 TO 139.

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 4066 7593 4064 7600 4057 7602 4058 7604
      4057 7605 4058 7607 4056 7609 4066 7669
      4079 7668 4091 7604 4090 7603 4091 7600
      4085 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 266DEG 34KT 4073 7658 

$$

GARTNER
1 follow-up statement
323 
WWUS51 KCTP 082006
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
406 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

PAC037-097-082016-
/O.CAN.KCTP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150608T2030Z/
COLUMBIA PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-

406 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL COLUMBIA AND SOUTHEASTERN
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4066 7593 4064 7600 4062 7601 4061 7602
      4061 7609 4065 7639 4077 7639 4080 7631
      4084 7630 4091 7605 4090 7603 4091 7600
      4085 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 266DEG 34KT 4074 7621 

$$

PAC107-082030-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150608T2030Z/
SCHUYLKILL PA-
406 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY...
    
AT 406 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST.
CLAIR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...FRACKVILLE...MAHANOY CITY...MINERSVILLE...POTTSVILLE...
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN...SHENANDOAH...ST. CLAIR...TAMAQUA...ALTAMONT...
BEURYS LAKE...BRANCHDALE...BRANDONVILLE...BUCK RUN...COALDALE...
DELANO...ENGLEWOOD...FORRESTVILLE...FOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND GIRARDVILLE.

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 4066 7593 4064 7600 4062 7601 4061 7602
      4061 7609 4065 7639 4077 7639 4080 7631
      4084 7630 4091 7605 4090 7603 4091 7600
      4085 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 266DEG 34KT 4074 7621 

$$

GARTNER/RXR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPWarren62 min
Jun 8, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga44 min
Jun 8, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSnyder, Union34 min
Jun 8, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga47 min
Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPTioga48 min
Jun 8, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPJuniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder, Union45 min
Jun 8, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBlair, Huntingdon, Mifflin39 min
Jun 8, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron49 min
Jun 8, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria43 min
Jun 8, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPBedford, Fulton26 min
Jun 8, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga70 min
Jun 8, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland and 4 more48 min
Jun 8, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Somerset61 min
Jun 8, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPSomerset33 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCTPDauphin, Perry45 min
Jun 8, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPHuntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Snyder63 min
Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPClinton, Lycoming, Sullivan71 min
Jun 8, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPPerry27 min
Jun 8, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry and 1 more72 min
Jun 8, 4:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Juniata, Perry5 hr
Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill46 min
Jun 8, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPSchuylkill38 min
Jun 8, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia25 min
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Perry3 hr
Jun 8, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York67 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams, Cumberland, Franklin, York63 min
Jun 8, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLebanon116 min
Jun 8, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPDauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York79 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams32 min
Jun 8, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPAdams41 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster31 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.