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Tornado Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

May 28, 2019Northumberland County, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT for Northumberland County, Schuylkill 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: May 28, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Northumberland County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
May 28, 4:00 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Pitman, PA
May 28, 4:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Klingerstown, PA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON OLD STATE RD AT COLD CASTLE LN
May 28, 4:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Hegins, PA
May 28, 4:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Valley View, PA
May 28, 4:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Muir, PA	TREE AND UTILITY POLE DOWN IN PORTER TWP.

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
May 28, 1:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WFUS51 KCTP 281958
TORCTP
PAC097-107-282030-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0013.190528T1958Z-190528T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
358 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania...
  Southern Northumberland County in central Pennsylvania...

* Until 430 PM EDT.
    
* At 358 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Rebuck, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Tree damage will occur. Damage to roofs, windows, and 
           vehicles is likely. Flying debris will be dangerous to 
           those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be 
           damaged or destroyed.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Rebuck, Urban and Trevorton around 410 PM EDT.
  Leck Kill, Klingerstown and Fairview-Ferndale around 420 PM EDT.
  Tower City around 430 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Edgewood, Seven Points, Muir, Orwin, Hegins, Herndon, Pitman,
Schuykill County Airport and Pillow.

This includes Interstate 81 from mile markers 108 to 110.

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 4054 7651 4066 7670 4064 7679 4065 7681
      4069 7688 4072 7686 4078 7686 4087 7678
      4071 7636
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 304DEG 22KT 4076 7677 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Jurewicz

The office that day

Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	33 min
May 28, 1:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 18 more	32 hr
May 28, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lycoming, Potter, Tioga	34 min
May 28, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Potter	46 min
May 28, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Huntingdon	57 min
May 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	23 min
May 28, 3:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming	27 min
May 28, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	62 min
May 28, 3:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Northumberland, Snyder, Union	25 min
May 28, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria	65 min
May 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union	43 min
May 28, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	52 min
May 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	27 min
May 28, 4:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	23 min
May 28, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Huntingdon	33 min
May 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Montour, Northumberland, Union	32 min
May 28, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton	34 min
May 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	30 min
May 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair	60 min
May 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	31 min
May 28, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria	55 min
May 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder	51 min
May 28, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lebanon	29 min
May 28, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Union	45 min
May 28, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Snyder, Union	26 min
May 28, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Clearfield	31 min
May 28, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria	40 min
May 28, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union	50 min
May 28, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Schuylkill	34 min
May 28, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon	49 min
May 28, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Franklin	42 min
May 28, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria	56 min
May 28, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Huntingdon	34 min
May 28, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	32 min
May 28, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Schuylkill	40 min
May 28, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Sullivan	48 min
May 28, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Franklin, Huntingdon	25 min
May 28, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Lancaster	13 min
May 28, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Fulton	33 min
May 28, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cambria	33 min
May 28, 7:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CTP	Blair, Cambria	3 hr
May 28, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Lycoming	25 min
May 28, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford	26 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.