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Tornado Warning 4, NWS State College, PA

July 25, 2022Warren County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2022, 12:48 AM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 25, 2022, 12:48 AM EDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2022, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

792 
WFUS51 KCTP 250448
TORCTP
PAC123-250515-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0004.220725T0448Z-220725T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
1248 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

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

* Until 115 AM EDT.
    
* At 1248 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Corry, moving east at 45 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Spring Creek and Columbus around 1250 AM EDT.
  Lottsville and Garland around 100 AM EDT.
  Youngsville around 110 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Sugar
Grove.

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 4181 7923 4177 7961 4195 7961 4199 7946
      4200 7929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 258DEG 38KT 4187 7960 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	42 min
Jul 24, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	29 min
Jul 24, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Potter	28 min
Jul 24, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	52 min
Jul 25, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Warren	37 min
Jul 25, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	77 min
Jul 25, 1:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Warren	43 min
Jul 25, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	McKean	33 min
Jul 25, 2:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk, McKean	54 min
Jul 25, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Elk	37 min
Jul 25, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Mifflin	35 min
Jul 25, 8:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union	45 min
Jul 25, 8:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry	40 min
Jul 25, 8:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder	42 min
Jul 25, 8:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Northumberland, Snyder	41 min
Jul 25, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset	37 min
Jul 25, 9:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Perry	17 min
Jul 25, 9:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Schuylkill	14 min
Jul 25, 9:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Cumberland	42 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.