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Tornado Warning 1, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 7:21 PM EST for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lancaster County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
534
WFUS51 KCTP 250021
TORCTP
PAC071-250045-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0001.160225T0021Z-160225T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
721 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST
* AT 721 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER QUARRYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HOLLAND...GAP...STRASBURG...QUARRYVILLE...PARADISE...
CHURCHTOWN...TERRE HILL...KIRKWOOD...WHITE HORSE...BOWMANSVILLE...
GOODVILLE...CHRISTIANA...GORDONVILLE...BLUE BALL...INTERCOURSE...
BUCK...GEORGETOWN...FIVEPOINTVILLE AND ATGLEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM MILE MARKERS 289 TO 295.
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.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4011 7594 4004 7593 3996 7599 3993 7598
3993 7600 3990 7599 3979 7611 3987 7627
4023 7602 4014 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 213DEG 45KT 3989 7616
$$
LA CORTE2 follow-up statements
453
WWUS51 KCTP 250038
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
738 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
PAC071-250045-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160225T0045Z/
LANCASTER PA-
738 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY...
AT 738 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHURCHTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW HOLLAND...CHURCHTOWN...TERRE HILL...WHITE HORSE...BOWMANSVILLE...
GOODVILLE...BLUE BALL AND FIVEPOINTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 7596 4008 7612 4023 7602 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 213DEG 49KT 4009 7599
$$
LA CORTE199
WWUS51 KCTP 250047
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
747 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
PAC071-250056-
/O.EXP.KCTP.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160225T0045Z/
LANCASTER PA-
747 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4000 7596 4008 7612 4023 7602 4014 7587
4011 7594 4004 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 213DEG 45KT 4009 7599
$$
LA CORTEThe 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, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, Lebanon, York | 45 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 |
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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.