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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2000, 6:02 PM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2000, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Venango County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kennerdell, PA | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Kennerdell area. |
| Aug 2, 6:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland, PA | Thunderstorm winds downed trees onto State Highways 38 and 257. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645 WFUS51 KPBZ 022203 TORPIT PAC121-022245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 602 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... VENANGO COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF WESLEY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... OVER KENNERDELL AT 610 PM... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Venango | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Venango | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Forest, Venango | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.