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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 1994Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1994, 8:29 PM EDT for Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1994, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forest County, PA, Venango County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1994-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KERI 140045
TORERI
PAC053-121-140130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
829 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...FOREST COUNTY...VENANGO COUNTY
 
...THIS IS A RETRANSMISSION OF A WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 750 PM EDT
...DUE TO AFOS FAILURES THIS WARNING DID NOT TRANSMIT ACROSS THE
NETWORK...THIS WARNING WAS RECEIVED BY PEMA AND EBS WAS ACTIVATED.
 
AT 755 PM EDT REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ABOUT A POSSIBLE TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN IN NORTHERN VENANGO COUNTY.  THE STORM THAT MAY HAVE PRODUCED
THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN FOREST COUNTY AND AFFECT THE TOWNS
IN THE VICINITY OF TIONESTA BY 830 PM EDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence49 min
Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Forest, Venango, Warren3 hr
Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie3 hr
Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMcKean3 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEForest, McKean, Venango, Warren6 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.