Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 7:30 PM EST for Lancaster County, Lebanon County, York County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 7:30 PM EST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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, 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KCTP 250030
SVRCTP
PAC071-075-133-250115-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0003.160225T0030Z-160225T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
730 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEBANON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EST
* AT 728 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW
BOSTON-MOREA TO NEAR PARADISE TO NEAR BEL AIR...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HOLLAND...WILLOW STREET...EPHRATA...LANCASTER...AKRON...
LITITZ...MILLERSVILLE...BAREVILLE...BRICKERVILLE...RICHLAND...
WAKEFIELD...QUARRYVILLE...LEOLA...CHURCHTOWN...SMITHVILLE...
LEACOCK...ADAMSTOWN...DELTA...PARADISE AND SCHAEFFERSTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM MILE MARKERS 274 TO 295.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES. 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 3973 7639 4040 7628 4036 7620 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3987 7599
3988 7600 3976 7606 3976 7608 3973 7610
3974 7612 3973 7612 3972 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 207DEG 61KT 4079 7617 3999 7609 3957 7631
$$
RXR1 follow-up statement
635
WWUS51 KCTP 250113
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
813 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
PAC071-075-133-250122-
/O.EXP.KCTP.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160225T0115Z/
LEBANON PA-YORK PA-LANCASTER PA-
813 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEBANON...
SOUTHEASTERN YORK AND LANCASTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EST...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA THROUGH 900 PM.
LAT...LON 3973 7639 4040 7628 4036 7620 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3987 7599
3988 7600 3976 7606 3976 7608 3973 7610
3974 7612 3973 7612 3972 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 207DEG 61KT 4079 7617 3999 7609 3957 7631
$$
DEVOIRThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Schuylkill | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 7:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Schuylkill | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 7:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 11:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sullivan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:24 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | Cumberland, York | 17 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Adams, Centre, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | Lebanon, Schuylkill | 20 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CTP | Lancaster, York | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:54 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Cambria, McKean, Somerset, Warren | 28 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Lebanon | 23 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.