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Tornado Warning 13, NWS State College, PA

July 5, 2026Perry County, Pennsylvania

NWS State College, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT for Perry County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 5, 2026, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS State College, PA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Perry County, PA

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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
Jul 5, 6:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Landisburg, PA	Trees down on wires along Milltown Road.

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -350 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

842 
WFUS51 KCTP 052221
TORCTP
PAC099-052245-
/O.NEW.KCTP.TO.W.0013.260705T2221Z-260705T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service State College PA
621 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026

The National Weather Service in State College PA has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Perry County in south central Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 620 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Loysville, moving northeast at 20 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...
  New Bloomfield around 630 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Landisburg.

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 4030 7735 4040 7738 4053 7712 4035 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 245DEG 16KT 4037 7731 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Dangelo

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CTP	Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union	34 min
Jul 4, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Columbia, Dauphin, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill	40 min
Jul 5, 3:17 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CTP	Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre and 27 more	52 hr
Jul 5, 3:17 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CTP	Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 12 more	6 hr
Jul 5, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	29 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon	5 hr
Jul 5, 4:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Potter, Tioga	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Centre, Mifflin	35 min
Jul 5, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon, Mifflin	57 min
Jul 5, 4:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Centre, Huntingdon	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Juniata, Mifflin	52 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cambria, Clearfield	49 min
Jul 5, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Juniata, Perry	51 min
Jul 5, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Tioga	35 min
Jul 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Perry	45 min
Jul 5, 6:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CTP	Juniata, Perry	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CTP	Blair	33 min
Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry	31 min
Jul 5, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Perry	52 min
Jul 5, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry	46 min
Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CTP	Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry	32 min
Jul 5, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CTP	Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and 1 more	63 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.