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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 2005Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2005, 11:46 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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 24, 2005, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2005, 12:48 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 25, 12:05 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Erie, PA	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF ERIE BETWEEN 1205 AM AND 1210 AM
Jul 25, 12:10 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fairview, PA	TREES DOWN IN FAIRVIEW. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN SUBDIVISION.
Jul 25, 12:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Girard, PA	TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN GIRARD TOWNSHIP. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS GIRARD TOWNSHIP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KCLE 250346
TORCLE
PAC049-250445-
/O.NEW.KCLE.TO.W.0001.050725T0346Z-050725T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1146 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GIRARD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALBION
  CORRY
  EDINBORO
  ERIE
  GIRARD
  UNION CITY
  WATERFORD

LAT...LON 4215 8015 4211 8017 4208 8023 4204 8033
      4201 8045 4186 8040 4186 7962 4199 7962
      4200 7977 4212 7976 4223 7989 4214 8006
      4217 8008

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 250412
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1212 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

PAC049-250445-
/O.CON.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050725T0445Z/
ERIE PA-
1212 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005


...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR ERIE COUNTY...


AT 1207 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
EDINBORO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WATERFORD...
  UNION CITY...
  CORRY...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4215 8015 4211 8017 4208 8023 4204 8033
      4201 8045 4186 8040 4186 7962 4199 7962
      4200 7977 4212 7976 4223 7989 4214 8006
      4217 8008

$$

000 
WWUS51 KCLE 250448
SVSCLE

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1247 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

PAC049-250457-
/O.EXP.KCLE.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050725T0445Z/
ERIE PA-
1247 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005


...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT...

THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ERIE
COUNTY PENNSLYVANIA.


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4215 8015 4211 8017 4208 8023 4204 8033
      4201 8045 4186 8040 4186 7962 4199 7962
      4200 7977 4212 7976 4223 7989 4214 8006
      4217 8008

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 12:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford	67 min
Jul 25, 12:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	70 min
Jul 25, 1:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	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.