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Tornado Warning 2, NWS State College, PA

April 14, 2019Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2019, 8:03 PM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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
Apr 14, 2019, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS State College, PA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 8:18 PM EDTTORNADOStarbrick, PAEF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED. MAX WIND 130MPH. 16 MILE PATH.
Apr 14, 8:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStarbrick, PASIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AT INTERSECTION OF PRESTON RD AND RTE 6. DAMAGE TO BUILDING AND SHIPPING CONTAINER. TORNADO POSSIBLE.
Apr 14, 8:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarren, PANUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Apr 14, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Warren, PATREES AND WIRES ON HOUSE.
Apr 14, 8:47 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNorth Warren, PAWIRES ON A VEHICLE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 586 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
103 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
586 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WFUS51 KCTP 150003
TORCTP
PAC123-150100-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0002.190415T0003Z-190415T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
803 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2019

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Warren County in north central Pennsylvania...

* Until 900 PM EDT.
    
* At 803 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Grand Valley, moving northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Garland around 810 PM EDT.
  Youngsville and Chapman State Park around 820 PM EDT.
  Warren, Russell, Scandia, Warren South and Kinzua Dam around 830 
  PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Tidioute, Starbrick and Clarendon.

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 7892 4183 7892 4183 7895 4172 7895
      4163 7925 4163 7961 4168 7961 4200 7926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 230DEG 51KT 4167 7951 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Evanego
1 follow-up statement
883 
WWUS51 KCTP 150035
SVSCTP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
835 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2019

PAC123-150100-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190415T0100Z/
Warren PA-
835 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
WARREN COUNTY...
    
At 833 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Warren and Russell, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

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 be moving through Warren and Russell 
and then will mainly rural areas of eastern Warren County, including 
the following locations... Starbrick and Clarendon.

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 7892 4183 7892 4183 7895 4168 7908
      4163 7925 4163 7945 4184 7922 4194 7926
      4200 7926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 230DEG 51KT 4194 7907 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Ceru

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams29 min
Apr 14, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPElk, McKean, Warren64 min
Apr 14, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPWarren4 hr
Apr 14, 9:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPElk, McKean4 hr
Apr 14, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCameron, Elk, McKean, Potter56 min
Apr 14, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCambria, Clearfield, Somerset48 min
Apr 14, 9:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPLancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill3 hr
Apr 14, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCambria, Clearfield42 min
Apr 14, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Somerset43 min
Apr 14, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLycoming36 min
Apr 14, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPCameron, Potter29 min
Apr 14, 10:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCTPColumbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Northumberland, Schuylkill3 hr
Apr 14, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clearfield48 min
Apr 14, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPPotter, Tioga55 min
Apr 14, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPBedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon and 1 more47 min
Apr 14, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPClinton, Lycoming94 min
Apr 14, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCentre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin and 2 more86 min
Apr 14, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPCumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry49 min
Apr 14, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPLycoming, Tioga59 min
Apr 15, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Cumberland, Dauphin48 min
Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCTPColumbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan52 min
Apr 15, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPAdams, Lebanon, Schuylkill, York53 min
Apr 15, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster, York60 min
Apr 15, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCTPLancaster32 min
Apr 15, 3:29 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPLebanon, Schuylkill26 hr
Apr 15, 3:49 AM EDTWind AdvisoryCTPAdams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin and 11 more16 hr
Apr 15, 5:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCTPDauphin, Lebanon12 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.