Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scandia, PA | STORAGE BARN DAMAGED IN SCANDIA. |
| Sep 17, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scandia, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON PETERSON ROAD. |
| Sep 17, 6:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | Scandia, PA | UNCONFIRMED TORNADO VICINITY PETERSON ROAD NEAR SCANDIA. |
| Sep 17, 6:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | Scandia, PA | AN EF1 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR SCANDIA IN WARREN COUNTY. THE PATH LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1.25 MILES...WITH A MAX PATH WIDTH OF 40 YARDS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. |
| Sep 17, 6:35 PM EDT | TORNADO | Scandia, PA | CONFIRMED EF1 TORNADO |
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 109 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
729
WFUS51 KCTP 172228
TORCTP
PAC083-123-172300-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0004.160917T2228Z-160917T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
628 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 628 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SCANDIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN MCKEAN AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES.
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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7866 4186 7912 4193 7914 4200 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 248DEG 28KT 4192 7905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
LA CORTE2 follow-up statements
968
WWUS51 KCTP 172249
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
649 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
PAC123-172258-
/O.CAN.KCTP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/
WARREN PA-
649 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO
WARREN COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4200 7867 4194 7886 4197 7892 4200 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 248DEG 28KT 4198 7885
$$
PAC083-172300-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/
MCKEAN PA-
649 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY...
AT 648 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLEGANY STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLEGANY STATE PARK.
LAT...LON 4200 7867 4194 7886 4197 7892 4200 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 248DEG 28KT 4198 7885
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LA CORTE021
WWUS51 KCTP 172310
SVSCTP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
710 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
PAC083-172319-
/O.EXP.KCTP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/
MCKEAN PA-
710 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCKEAN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4200 7867 4194 7886 4197 7892 4200 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 248DEG 28KT 4198 7885
$$
LA CORTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | McKean, Warren | 57 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.