Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lancaster County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | Lancaster, PA | BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paradise, PA | TREES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KCTP 052043
SVRCTP
PAC071-052145-
/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0009.160605T2043Z-160605T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
443 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 442 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MANHEIM TO WILLOW STREET TO HOLTWOOD...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HOLLAND...EAST PETERSBURG...MILLERSVILLE...WILLOW STREET...
EPHRATA...MANHEIM...LANCASTER...AKRON...LITITZ...MOUNT JOY...
BAREVILLE...BRICKERVILLE...WAKEFIELD...QUARRYVILLE...LEOLA...
CHURCHTOWN...SMITHVILLE...LEACOCK...ADAMSTOWN AND PARADISE.
THIS INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM MILE MARKERS 267 TO 295.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 7636 4021 7653 4025 7632 4031 7615
4014 7587 4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599
3987 7599 3988 7600 3985 7602 3983 7602
3983 7604 3976 7606 3976 7608 3974 7610
3972 7615 3972 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 249DEG 45KT 4018 7640 4000 7627 3985 7631
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LA CORTE2 follow-up statements
003
WWUS51 KCTP 052054
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC071-052145-
/O.CON.KCTP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160605T2145Z/
LANCASTER PA-
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...
AT 454 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BRICKERVILLE TO NEAR PARADISE TO NEAR WAKEFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AKRON...NEW HOLLAND...EPHRATA...LITITZ...BAREVILLE...ADAMSTOWN...
BRICKERVILLE...PARADISE...ROTHSVILLE...GAP...WAKEFIELD...STRASBURG...
QUARRYVILLE...LEOLA...CHURCHTOWN...REAMSTOWN...DENVER...LEACOCK...
TERRE HILL AND BOWMANSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3973 7625 3974 7626 4002 7620 4024 7636
4025 7634 4025 7632 4031 7615 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3987 7599
3988 7600 3985 7602 3983 7602 3983 7604
3976 7607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 248DEG 45KT 4022 7626 4004 7613 3976 7622
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LA CORTE913
WWUS51 KCTP 052115
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC071-052124-
/O.CAN.KCTP.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160605T2145Z/
LANCASTER PA-
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3973 7625 3974 7626 4002 7620 4024 7636
4025 7634 4025 7632 4031 7615 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3987 7599
3988 7600 3985 7602 3983 7602 3983 7604
3976 7607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 249DEG 45KT 4030 7599 4012 7586 3984 7595
$$
LA CORTEThe 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, 4:54 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, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Cameron, Elk | 62 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.