Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 6:10 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 80 min. 12 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Wellsville, PA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 24, 6:24 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Spring Grove, PA | TREE DOWN ON A HOME ALONG ROUTE 116 IN JACKSON TWP. |
| Feb 24, 6:24 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Progress, PA | TREES DOWN ACROSS EXIT RAMP AT I-83 AND UNION DEPOSIT RD. |
| Feb 24, 6:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Dallastown, PA | 5 TREES DOWN. AT LEAST ONE ON HOUSE |
| Feb 24, 6:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Manchester, PA | ROOF OFF A BARN IN EAST MANCHESTER TWP. |
| Feb 24, 6:43 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Marietta, PA | |
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Joy, PA | ROOFS DAMAGED ON SEVERAL STRUCTURES IN THE MOUNT JOY...ELIZABETHTOWN AND RHEEMS AREA. |
| Feb 24, 7:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Myerstown, PA | TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ALONG HOUTZTOWN ROAD |
| Feb 24, 7:18 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lancaster, PA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 24, 7:32 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | White Horse, PA | SEVERAL BUILDINGS SUFFERED WIND DAMAGE |
| Feb 24, 7:32 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | White Horse, PA | SEVERAL BUILDINGS SUFFERED WIND DAMAGE. CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS. |
| Feb 24, 7:38 PM EST | TORNADO | White Horse, PA | EF-2 CONFIRMED. MAX WINDS 125 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 495 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
391
WUUS51 KCTP 242310
SVRCTP
PAC041-043-071-075-133-250030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0002.160224T2310Z-160225T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
610 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EST
* AT 607 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MECHANICSBURG
TO NEAR WESTMINSTER TO FAIRLAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEIGELSTOWN...NEW CUMBERLAND...MOUNT JOY...ENOLA...MYERSTOWN...
LEBANON...MANHEIM...ANNVILLE...LEMOYNE...MIDDLETOWN...
HUMMELSTOWN...MILLERSVILLE...MECHANICSBURG...DALLASTOWN...
HERSHEY...LOWER ALLEN...COLONIAL PARK...LANCASTER...PALMYRA AND
YORK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM MILE MARKERS 229 TO 295.
INTERSTATE 78 FROM MILE MARKERS 0 TO 8.
INTERSTATE 81 FROM MILE MARKERS 53 TO 96.
INTERSTATE 83 FROM MILE MARKERS 1 TO 50.
INTERSTATE 283 FROM MILE MARKERS 0 TO 2.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4029 7715 4033 7691 4036 7694 4036 7702
4056 7654 4014 7587 4011 7594 4004 7593
3996 7599 3987 7599 3988 7600 3976 7606
3973 7610 3972 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 223DEG 50KT 4021 7701 3957 7703 3910 7694
$$
RXR1 follow-up statement
703
WWUS51 KCTP 250008
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
708 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
PAC041-043-250017-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T0030Z/
CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-
708 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND
SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4015 7659 4019 7659 4020 7657 4022 7658
4055 7654 4014 7588 4011 7594 4005 7593
3996 7599 3987 7599 3988 7600 3976 7606
3976 7608 3973 7610 3973 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 223DEG 50KT 4079 7629 4015 7632 3968 7623
$$
PAC071-075-133-250030-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T0030Z/
LEBANON PA-YORK PA-LANCASTER PA-
708 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST
FOR LEBANON...SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND LANCASTER COUNTIES...
AT 707 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
GIRARDVILLE TO LITITZ TO NEAR CONOWINGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST PETERSBURG...MOUNT JOY...EPHRATA...MYERSTOWN...LEBANON...
MANHEIM...AKRON...CORNWALL...ANNVILLE...LITITZ...NEW HOLLAND...
MILLERSVILLE...WILLOW STREET...COLUMBIA...LANCASTER...
ELIZABETHTOWN...PALMYRA...RICHLAND...QUARRYVILLE AND SMITHVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH A
TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 7659 4019 7659 4020 7657 4022 7658
4055 7654 4014 7588 4011 7594 4005 7593
3996 7599 3987 7599 3988 7600 3976 7606
3976 7608 3973 7610 3973 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 223DEG 50KT 4079 7629 4015 7632 3968 7623
$$
EVANEGOThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Franklin | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 5:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Adams, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 5:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lancaster | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Adams, York | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 6:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Union | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Columbia, Schuylkill, Sullivan | 31 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.