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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

June 5, 2016Cameron County, Elk County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT for Cameron County, Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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 5, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cameron County, PA, Elk County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 5, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Weedville, PA	TREES DOWN. TREE AND POWER LINES ON CAR ON PLUM STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

701 
WUUS51 KCTP 052228
SVRCTP
PAC023-047-052330-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0013.160605T2228Z-160605T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
628 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELK RIVER TO NEAR BRANDY CAMP TO NEAR
  BROCKWAY... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. MARYS...STEVENSON DAM...MEDIX RUN...ELK RIVER...BENEZETTE...
  CAMERON...EMPORIUM...FORCE...SIZERVILLE...TRUMAN...HICKS RUN...
  WEEDVILLE...DRIFTWOOD AND KERSEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4141 7798 4122 7811 4125 7864 4125 7870
      4136 7868 4162 7841 4162 7821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 303DEG 33KT 4160 7831 4133 7861 4121 7882 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LA CORTE

1 follow-up statement

627 
WWUS51 KCTP 052249
SVSCTP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
649 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

PAC023-047-052330-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160605T2330Z/
CAMERON PA-ELK PA-
649 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN CAMERON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTIES...

AT 648 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STEVENSON DAM TO NEAR MEDIX RUN...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORCE...STEVENSON DAM...MEDIX RUN...BENEZETTE...CAMERON...
HICKS RUN...DRIFTWOOD AND WEEDVILLE.

THESE STORMS APPEAR TO BE WEAKENING...BUT HAVE MADE WIND DAMAGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4141 7798 4122 7811 4124 7854 4153 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 278DEG 40KT 4146 7804 4125 7829 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DANGELO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	49 min
Jun 5, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder	25 min
Jun 5, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	25 min
Jun 5, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Schuylkill	50 min
Jun 5, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Schuylkill	49 min
Jun 5, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Adams	26 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, York	68 min
Jun 5, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lebanon	33 min
Jun 5, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	51 min
Jun 5, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	26 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	33 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	32 min
Jun 5, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter, Warren	66 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	45 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	McKean, Potter	49 min
Jun 5, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cameron, Elk, McKean	30 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	38 min
Jun 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clinton	21 min
Jun 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clearfield	17 min
Jun 5, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	30 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.