Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1996, 11:48 AM EDT for Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1996, 11:48 AM EDT (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1996, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Indiana County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 191549 TORPIT PAC063-191645- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1148 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA ...INDIANA COUNTY WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTY BETWEEN MARION CENTER AND INDIANA. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM CAN CAUSE VERY DAMAGING WIND...TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. SEEK SAFETY IN STRONG BUILDINGS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD. ABANDON VEHICLES. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN TORNADOES. NEVER CROSS FLOODING TO GO TO HIGH GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:11 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
615 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM RYERSON STATION PA FLOODING
07/18/96 GREENE SOUTH FORK OF THE WHEELING
CREEK FLOODED AND DELPHENE
ROAD FLOODED.
1230 AM BLACKSVILLE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA SCOTT RUN FLOODED.
SR 7W FLOODED.
HOMES EVACUATED.
1230 AM WADESTOWN WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA WADE RUN AND SR 7 FLOOED.
0100 AM OAK FOREST PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 GREENE PURSLEY CREEK FLOODING.
1215 AM MCMECHAN WV FLOODING
07/19/96 MARSHALL HOMES FLOODED. MUDSLIDES.
1215 AM ADALINE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MARSHALL FISH CREEK FLOODING.
BRIDGE WASHED OUT.
0500 AM OIL CITY PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 VENANGO SR 8 322 AND 428 FLOODED.
0515 AM CLARION PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 CLARION NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.
0530 AM PUNXATAWNEY PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 JEFFERSON SR 36 FLOODED.
0600 AM REYNOLDSVILLE PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 JEFFERSON POST OFFICE FLOODED.
GIORDANO/REDMOND/PARRISHLocal storm report, Jul 19, 9:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
915 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1145 PM RYERSON STATION PA FLOODING
07/18/96 GREENE SOUTH FORK OF THE WHEELING
CREEK FLOODED AND DELPHENE
ROAD FLOODED.
1230 AM BLACKSVILLE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA SCOTT RUN FLOODED.
SR 7W FLOODED.
HOMES EVACUATED.
1230 AM WADESTOWN WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA WADE RUN AND SR 7 FLOOED.
0100 AM OAK FOREST PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 GREENE PURSLEY CREEK FLOODING.
1215 AM MCMECHAN WV FLOODING
07/19/96 MARSHALL HOMES FLOODED. MUDSLIDES.
1215 AM ADALINE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MARSHALL FISH CREEK FLOODING.
BRIDGE WASHED OUT.
0330 AM JOLLYTOWN PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 GREENE DUNKARDS CREEK FLOODED.
0400 AM BLACKSVILLE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA DUNKARDS CREEK FLOODED.
0500 AM OIL CITY PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 VENANGO SR 8 322 AND 428 FLOODED.
0515 AM CLARION PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 CLARION NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.
0530 AM PUNXATAWNEY PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 JEFFERSON SR 36 FLOODED.
0815 AM MORGANTOWN WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA RADIO STATION FLOODED.
0600 AM REYNOLDSVILLE PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 JEFFERSON POST OFFICE FLOODED.
0815 AM DUNBAR PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 FAYETTE ROADS FLOODED.
SMALL STREAMS FLOODED.
0830 AM JOLLYTOWN PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 GREENE DUNKARDS CREEK FLOODING
AGAIN.
0830 AM BLACKSVILLE WV FLOODING.
07/19/96 MONONGALIA DUNKARDS CREEK FLOODING
AGAIN.
0830 AM UNIONTOWN PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 FAYETTE STREETS FLOODED.
0830 AM ^ CONNELLSVILLE PA FLOODING.
07/19/96 FAYETTE STREETS FLOODED.
GIORDANO/PALKO/REEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Greene | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 11:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Mercer, Venango | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Mercer, Venango | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson, Venango | 82 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson, Venango | 82 min |
| Jul 19, 6:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Venango | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Indiana, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Fayette | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.