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Tornado Warning 13, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2025, 6:09 PM EDT for Bedford County, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 17, 2025, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2025, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bedford County, PA, Fulton County, PA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Barnes Gap, PA | EF1 tornado confirmed along Robinsonville Road and York Road, snapping and uprooting hundreds of trees along with knocking down power lines near a residence. Maximum estimated winds 95 mph. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
441
WFUS51 KCTP 172209
TORCTP
PAC009-057-172245-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0013.250617T2209Z-250617T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
609 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025
The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Bedford County in south central Pennsylvania...
Southwestern Fulton County in south central Pennsylvania...
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 609 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Barnes Gap, moving east at 15 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...
Warfordsburg around 630 PM EDT.
This includes Interstate 70 from mile markers 160 to 167.
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 3976 7837 3982 7837 3985 7818 3975 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 268DEG 11KT 3980 7832
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Bauco1 follow-up statement
181
WWUS51 KCTP 172221
SVSCTP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
621 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025
PAC009-172230-
/O.CAN.KCTP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250617T2245Z/
Bedford PA-
621 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEDFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 7831 3983 7830 3983 7829 3985 7818
3975 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 264DEG 13KT 3980 7826
$$
PAC057-172245-
/O.CON.KCTP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250617T2245Z/
Fulton PA-
621 PM EDT Tue Jun 17 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY...
At 620 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Locust Grove, moving east at 15 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...
Warfordsburg around 630 PM EDT.
This includes Interstate 70 from mile markers 160 to 167.
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 3977 7831 3983 7830 3983 7829 3985 7818
3975 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 264DEG 13KT 3980 7826
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
BaucoThe office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:14 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Cambria | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Blair, Cambria, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford, Blair | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Bedford | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Fulton | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CTP | Fulton | 3 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.