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Tornado Warning 10, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2018, 9:21 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2018, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2018, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Sullivan County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
921
WFUS51 KCTP 140121
TORCTP
PAC113-140130-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0010.180614T0121Z-180614T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
921 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2018
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Sullivan County in north central Pennsylvania...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 921 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ricketts Glen State Park, moving southeast 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
southeastern Sullivan County.
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 4131 7631 4131 7634 4135 7641 4140 7635
4138 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 296DEG 25KT 4135 7635
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DeVoirThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Bedford | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CTP | Fulton | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.